The truth about American Idol, The Apprentice and Survivor is not that we want to see people win.
It's that we want to see them stab one another in the back, have heated
arguments, then lose. Preferably in as humiliating a way as possible.
Or perhaps that's just me.
'Car crash voyeurism' is the foundation of reality-TV. Now it doesn't even need a game show.
The E!/Sky News co-produced reconstructions of the Michael Jackson trial make compelling television.It's sure soap opera. Kidnap attempts. Svengali Gay Porn Producers. Celebrity Entrapment. Death Threat Ruses. 'Crack Whore Mother' Smears. And, my God, that was just the first three days!
Call me shallow if you will, but this trash beats Newsnight any day of the week.
Jackson's lawyer Thomas Mesereau Jr. is outstanding. Anyone who wants to see a world-class master of rhetoric in full flow should watch the reconstructions.
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