At first when I was reading this list of Reality tv lawsuits, I could sympathize with a couple of the plaintiffs. I mean, if Ashton Kutcher planted a dead body in my hotel room and profitted (and derived joy) from my humiliation and terror, it's possible I might be a little pissed off too.
Or what about the girl who ran off screaming into the desert after "Scare Tactics" orchestrated a prank in which the girl thought she was headed to a Hollywood party when the car she was riding in stalled and aliens appeared and abducted her companions, who were really actors from Scare Tactics? She claims she has been left with permanent physical and emotional scars. She needs to admit that that is just classic. I would be amazed if someone pulled a prank like that on me and I highly doubt I would file a lawsuit. But who knows? Maybe she was really emotionally harmed. It would be pretty shocking. But more hilarious than anything.
What really floored me were the ones where CBS sues Fox for every little fucking molehill that they've built into a mountain. And then Fox sues CBS back for whatever they can scrounge together. Can't we all just get along?
Between the people suing the networks, the networks suing eachother and the sadists, voyeurs, lunatics and idiots who make reality tv such good drama in the first place, it's like a virtual circus. Makes for endless "entertainment."
Posted by Maria at August 24, 2003 02:09 PM | TrackBack