She's watching one of these shows and she said, 'You know, these people are acting. It's telling that Merritt Wever, the youngest member of his cast, didn't need to have it explained to her. There was a whole array of things that I wanted the film to say about cinema, theater and the 20th century. Princess Di, O.J., Monica, Bill. When we view other people's lives as entertainment, it's just a short leap to viewing our own as entertainment.
Reality TV provides a helpful push in the back.
We can only hope that push doesn't send us into some kind of abyss. Reality TV execs chuckle that they've managed to eliminate writers from the process, but now the worm has turned. In a final merging of democracy and entertainment, citizens are creating their own spontaneous reality TV events. But we love it, and we all really enjoy watching it. Hard to say it's a bad thing.