Bachelor Gets Girls to Bark like a Dog

Okay, I have to say that I consider myself a liberated woman but, I have to admit to you all that I watch the "View" in the mornings with my coffee. So sue me, I love my dose of 3 Democrats and a Republican. On the show today they discussed one of their own (ABC) shows, "The Bachelor".

They show you this clip of the Bachelor sitting in the audience while they have 5 girls lined up on the stage. The producer tells them that their assignment is for them to each to "Beg for their rose like a dog". Then each girl in turn crawls, rolls over, and pants like a dog to get her rose.

I thought I was gonna die. I could NOT believe that these women actually agreed do this. I will just bet you they will remember this crap with shame for the rest of their lives. And do men really find this an appealing image of a woman? Wow. The thing that really boggles the mind is that this show is in the 3^rd or 4^th season. American must love this show or it would not continue to get renewed.

None of the women I know watch this show, so who are these women that do? The potential Bachelorettes are all educated and appear to be rather intelligent so why in the world would they do this..... oh that's right, MONEY! After all people eat bugs on TV to make money. They parade their corpulent bodies sweatin' to the oldies to make money.

I have a degree in film and broadcast production that is gathering dust. Maybe I should produce a show that has men crawling on all fours like a dog for a bone. Crawling for a woman as the prize.....Not!!! Believe it or not I have too much respect for men, well most of them anyway. I wonder if the guy was a Poindexter wearing glasses and weighing 98 lbs. dripping wet, would these women would beg like a dog? My guess is, probably not.

The whole "Reality Show" phenom amazes people and they wonder how it all got started so here is a little history lesson. About 10 years ago, maybe more, there was an impending writer's and actor's strike facing the Hollywood machine. The studios were in a panic and didn't know what to do but they came up with a "brilliant" idea. Let's create a scenario that is sensational and put a group of average Joes and Janes in this situation and roll tape.

The amazing thing is that the public loved it and it was a Producers dream, no writers or actors to pay. The cost was a 10^th of what the normal cost for a show was. So the switch was on from a writer/actor driven show, to one that was Producer driven. Now the airways are clogged with this crap. I am opting out, yes even Survivor. Big sigh. A fellow writer reminded me that there is another writer's strike about to hit in 2008. Can't wait.