Reality TV Makes Me Sad

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So… I’ve been asked why I have designed this piece. I don’t want to sound like I’m on a high horse and you can chalk this up to an opinion of a crazy artist, but… What the hell are we watching?!

As I have stated in the past I am not hooked up to cable but I do watch DVD’s and movies. When I travel I get to catch up on TV and I feel like a kid without  parent supervision surfing the channels.

Last week I was in my hotel room when I came upon a show called “To Catch a Predator”.  I couldn’t believe it! We stooped even lower than “The Swan”.

Here is a show that uses a girl to entrap pedophiles and then the pedophiles are scrutinized and arrested on TV. I have so many issues with this…

Do we as a society get such a thrill out of watching people’s lives become a train wreck? Even “The Housewives” or  “Mob Wives” is shocking to watch, people with so little integrity stoop so low to get on camera. Not to get too political, but I think we all need to start looking at this and taking a stand. If we do not, the next generation will pay the consequences.

Ok, so enough of that, let’s talk about fashion…