TV Relationships

In The Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta pretend to be in a relationship to get more supporters to back them.  Peeta actually cares for Katniss, but Katniss has no feelings for Peeta in the form of a relationship.  In many reality T.V. shows, like Big Brother, you see people forming relationships and alliances with each other; however some of these relationships are not real.  As a view you want to buy into the fact that two people find someone to be with but in the end majority of these relationships end up being one person using the other.  One reality T.V. show, Jon and Kate plus Eight flowed the lives of Jon and Kate and how they handle raising their eight kids.  On Big Brother over the past 13 years that it has been on, there have been numerous love stories and betrayers.  Over all I believe there are only two couples that are still together from all of the relationships from all 13 years.  Rob and Amber from Survivor All Stars is an example of a relationship that was formed well the two of them played the game.  They also were a big hit on The Amazing Race, where they were still together on a team racing around the world for $50,000.  To date they are still together and are going to go full cycle and get married, which will by CBS starting May 24.  It seems as though they may have just found true love or they are both still paling with America, just to get more money out of putting the story on CBS.  Only time will tell.  All of these relationship start out as a strategical decisions just like the relationship between Peeta and Katniss is; however as a view we eat it up, maybe because we want to see some people fall in love and we want that to happen to us.  

BIG BROTHER

One of the big shows of the summer is CUB's Big Brother.  They have just finished their 13th session.  In this show it's the lead up to an evicted, or one member of the house leaving the show.  Tempers flare when Jeff finds out that Shelly is working with the other alliance and is trying to keep Daniele in the house.  It shows the sort of manipulation and games that people will play to win $500,000.  In this game the views get to vote on items, like what the food changes for the week would be or who would have to dress up in a costume.  However the big 'twist' as CBS calls it for this year was the views voted to have one of the evictees comeback and play a game with the evictee of that week, to get back in the house to play.  This year they also had couples come back and play together, the famous of them where Brendon and Rachel, who met on the show and fell in love.  The show itself is interesting when they start felling the betrayals and backstabbing of each other but some of the bitter arguments are stupide and pointless and you can't wait for them to get evicted.  In the clip they focused on the argument of Jeff and Shelly as though it was the only thing happening in the house and the music in the background that they use builds up the suspense, so you want to keep watching to find out what happens. A lot of people believe that they pick cast members who will cause trouble in the house and Dick form this year’s show was that guy.  He came into the show with planes to shack things up and he did just that till everyone voted him out.  It gets you to watch it because you pick up on how they manipulate and play each other without them know what is happening, as though you are all knowing because you get to see everything, almost a God scenes, it could be called.