These reality shows it seems are more about race to bottom rather than finding real talent. What happens in most of these is that participants gang up to eliminate the good contestants earlier so that they get rid of potential threats soon. In shows like MTV roadies the participants keep telling the camera how they will vote out people not from their city and those that are strong. So the quality actually deteriorates as the show progresses. Why then do such shows allow participants to vote out other participants?
That is why its such a pleasure to watch shows like "So you think you can dance". There is not team voting, judges select the people getting eliminated. And it shows in the quality of talent where each subsequent shows is a bigger treat to watch since the least talented keeps getting eliminated. Alas in Indian reality shows there seem to be very few such formats except in case of some music shows where too having the audience vote often allows regional plays to override. and the judges too are sometimes of dubious quality.
Recently also came across the 'Last comic standing' which seemed another good talent show. Compare that to the Indian humor shows where the only contestants that actually get a laugh are the Pakistani who by and large do not end up being too crass and so are forced to be somewhat funny. Otherwise its the totally inane Sidhu's laugh at jokes that should force any humor loving guy to look for the nearest exit! We Indians just don't get humor. Look at our own telly. So few real good comedies that have come. Same for movies. Its all becoming a race to the bottom.
Hindi Literature in Mumbai
9 years ago
