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WASHINGTON D. C. -- I don't have the numbers to back it up, but I feel strongly that television, especially American television, has done more to advance the state of humanity than anything since the domestication of dogs.
It is a tool with which a person can navigate the various permutations of the human condition, and by nature of it's ubiquity and anonymity of usage, empowers any citizen, be it Joe Six-pack or Randy Senator, to live vicariously in some Hell-world for an hour a week. We love our celbutards with our Mom and apple pie.
The best television in America also makes us feel good about ourselves, and provides us with scapegoat, cut-out characters that make us think, "there, but for the grace of God, go I."
“I know you're American, but let's have some manners.”
Many reality show producers created television gold by dredging up our less fortunate fellow citizens from the mire of their everyday misery long enough for us to pity their financial hardships and get nauseous at their state of hygiene.
Ths Real Housewives [1] series of programs, a behind the scenes look at the politics, machinery and antics of some economically privileged, catty Washington DC "housewives" [2] takes another tack. It gives us the glitz and glamor of celebutards, and simultaneously extols the virtues of American stupidity. more...
- ↑ The Real Housewives of Washington, D.C. is a reality television program that debuted on the Bravo network Thursday, August 5, 2010. It will be the network's fifth installation of The Real Housewives of... series, following The Real Housewives of Orange County, The Real Housewives of New York City, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Wikipedia
- ↑ I use the term housewife loosely. They do live in houses, and they are married, so technically they may be housewives.