CMU School of Drama


Friday, April 28, 2006

Porn star reality TV challenge

Entertainment - smh.com.au

5 comments:

Dana Hesch said...

And I thought they were running out of ideas for reality shows when they did the midget version of the bachelor.....
I almost have to give reality TV credit, they have thought of every single possible idea and just when you think they are running out of ideas, they think of something new....

Anonymous said...

Interesting.. I'd be curious to see how the classically trained actors interact with the porn stars. Disdain? Entertainment? Interest?
I'm not so sure about "redemption", but it seems like we're re-closing the once non-existant gap between "legitimate" theatre and prostitution.

On NPR's "Wait, Wait, Don't tell me!" news quiz show the other day, they featured a game where a listener was presented with 3 potential reality TV shows and they had to guess which was actually going to be produced. This could have totally been one of the options. the choices were: 1) women have to heard cats for points, 2) celebrities re-live the cannibalistic survival of the victims of the Andes plane crash featured in the movie "Alive", and 3) 4-6 year olds perform adult jobs like marriage counselors and lawyers.

Any guesses?

It’s the “Alive” celebrity reenactment. Enjoy the reality TV!

Anonymous said...

Who said that porn stars can't act? i think that this could actually be quite good and could be really interesting to watch people who have lived on the fringe of what is considered morally and socially taboo thrown into a world that makes the rules on what is accepted by society. If good actors are willing to give every bit of their being to a performance, then what more could a porn star give to a performance than what they've already given?
-Emily L.

Anonymous said...

Reality television can get so rediculous. It's all based on shock value. What if we get the most base kind of actor and put them in a show with professionally trained London actors? This show isnt about redemption its about getting money and not having to do any real work for it. What ever happened to creative tv??

Anonymous said...

its all just more and more brain polution that is slowly destroying the minds of america just like all of the stupid talk shows like jerry, and mauri reality tv has just taken it to the next level by having people that are only half as retarded at prime time slot

-jtkaczuk