[ SECRET POST #1962 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1962 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]


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03.
[Community]


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04.
[Big Time Rush]


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05.
[Avengers]


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06.
[The Decemberists]


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07.
[Tim Minchin]


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08.
[The Lizzie Bennet Diaries]


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09.
[Community]


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10.
[The Hunger Games]


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11.
[Nell: The Day Before]


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12.
[Devil Survivor]


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13.
[Homeland]


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14.
[Pippin]


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15.
[Portal 2 & Left 4 Dead]


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16.
[The Avengers, 30 Rock, Psych]


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17.
[FFX]


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18.
[Mad Men]


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19.
[Legend of Korra]


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20.
[Faust: Love of the Damned]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 020 secrets from Secret Submission Post #280.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[drunken-clowns.livejournal.com]

I think most people would take a job as a Gamemaker if they grew up in the Capitol and had the chance. You're conditioned to think that these people tried to betray you and they owe you now, and for however long you've been alive, you've seen the Games on TV as many years as you've been alive and it's always been a fun, festive thing that nobody says a word against. Hell, you probably think that all the kids are willing participants, and they're signing up to kill each other for the glory and attention. If they die, it's not "they were murdered by the state," it's "they were stupid and thought they could win, but they weren't up to task." Not only is the society in Panem constructed so that the people at the bottom can't ever really help themselves, it's constructed so that the people on the top can't ever understand the people on the bottom need and deserve help. It's scary shit, but that's the point.

I don't really understand where you'd get that from reality shows, though. There's a huge difference between forcing children to fight to the death and enabling adults to choose to make fools of themselves in front of an audience. Even if you think reality TV is horrible, it ain't that kind of horrible.

[(Anonymous)]

No, it's not that horrible, but it totally is using people. Things like Temptation Island? They are totally deliberately causing conflict. But even more tame shows - they basically go out to find people who really want to be on TV and then have them share much more info than they wanted to.

[drunken-clowns.livejournal.com]

Maybe that was true at the start of reality TV, but I think by now anyone interested enough in reality TV to seriously apply to be on it knows that those shows are not nice. Even people with the bare minimum of knowledge about those shows are aware that the crew tries to push the contestants into drama, and that there's a ton of editing, and that it's more about a good story than about what actually goes on. I'm not sure what the informed consent process for those shows are (and I think they should be pretty extensive if they're already not) but there are definitely people who'd be willing to look bad for the chance at getting famous. Look at people who try to be internet celebrities- there's pretty much no external editing going on, and they can make themselves look just as bad.