Reality behind Reality shows :Racism or TRP

All this hue and cry over what happened with an Indian actress on the sets of big brother is all blown out of proportion. I have reasons to believe that all this is just a publicity stunt by the producers of the show.

1. Big brother was not performing up to the TRP expectations and for the past 5 weeks the show was languishing at the bottom of the TRP scale. The results have already indicated the upsurge. Tuesday night's show was watched by 4.5 million people, 1 million more than Monday's. (Source: The Guardian UK)

2. The actress herself was aware of the things which happen on such shows, and the fact that she will be surrounded by aliens there but still she chose to go for it because of the hefty sum she was paid approx. 3.5 crores (Source Times Now)


3. The kind of objectionable language pointed out by media is the same which is put to regular use in our own desi BIG BOSS. That means that the guy from Delhi is getting racist about the girl from Mangalore or that the Mumbai girl is getting racist about the guy from U.P. we need to look more urgently into our local racism.


4. We all know that lately the actress is not doing to well in bollywood and she needs this money badly. That’s the reason I do not foresee her leaving the show abruptly even after the so called turmoil of hers. It'll definitely affect her stardom. She’ll gain a bigger name when she comes back to India. She’ll be treated as a warrior. There is after all not much difference between politics and Glamour industry.


5. What is more surprising to see even the Government of India playing a part in this pseudo controversy. Any Indian who goes to another country to work does so by choice and many of them are subjected to such treatment everyday. Does the media or the MEA ever highlight or do anything about them? Or is it for a chosen few?


6. These reality shows are not live shows. They are produced and all the participants know that the cameras are on and more than that, these are edited shows. If the producers had wanted, they could have edited out racist remarks against Shilpa Shetty. (source : CNN IBN)

As our society continues to progress and prosper and we pride ourselves on being more civilised, how ironical that we derive so much enjoyment from uncivilised reality TV shows.

This reminds me of the famous quote by Martin Luther King, Jr
“Our science has outrun our spirits. We have guided missiles and misguided human beings”