TV and Reality Different but OKay
Sex, luxury, and drama sells. But by watching television shows are we putting fantasy thoughts of reality in our head? Isn't that why we watch television in the first place? No one wants to turn on the television and see chubby, middle class citizens go to a cubicle for 10 hours a day, sit in rush hour traffic, get drunk every Friday night with the "boys," and spend the rest of the time on the John. I think they had a few movies like that in the last few years, what were they called? Oh yes, Box Office Flops! The media distorts the real life to make a profit. Watching the television shows: "E.R," "Dawsons' Creek," "The real world" "Frasier," and "Ally Mcbeel," I've come to the realization that people like to watch sex, money, and action drama, and to have a hit television show, you have to cover all of these aspects. SEX. Sex sells. On every show, there was some reference, or act of sex. Mainly casual, often, and between single adults, these acts were repeated at least twice in a episode. Ally Mcbeel wears tight shirts, and skinny shirts to attract the opposite, and in one occasion, the same sex. Billy and his secretary (in Ally Mcbeel) hit the sac twice in one episode. In the same episode, two male lawyers discussed how the
y each wanted a 3-some with two lesbians, and to attract a client Billy rented 6 "escorts" to make him appear powerful, and "pimp" like. Humans are adaptive beings. We are resilient throughout our adult lives, but we do not acquire entirely new personalities. In a sense, we change but remain the same-underlying the change is coherence and stability (Bengston, 1996) From watching these shows, it seems that early and middle aged adults indulge in a whole lot of sex. The Majority of non cohabiting early, and middle adults (55%) admitted to only having sex only a few times a year, and then another 25% said that they had sex a few times a month, leaving roughly 20% of single people living like Ally Mcbeel. Many Television Shows, and "Psychology Of Adjustment"-Santrock Luxury is not what most people have. The average adult does not live in a mansion, or have a $100,000 or more a year job. The Early adult is just starting out, and probably doesn't have a strong career plan. Most people don't live like "royalty." Television shows really make it seem like those are the standards that people should live up to. It in reality would be impossible to live up to these "standards." If everyone drove a Lexus, and lived in a New York Penthouse, there wouldn't be a social ladder to climb. The early adult doesn't have such hair pulling Drama in their life. During these years they encounter Career Consolidation: a period in which an individuals career becomes more stable and coherent. My Brother just turned 24, and during the last 2 years has moved from his job at the video store, to "applied theory," where he most likely will spend the rest of his working years. And my Friend Kevin, 25, is also moving into a more stable ca
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