Reality TV: Big Brother 6 and alcoholism
A client in the reality TV business recently confirmed my suspicions that such TV is purposely filled with likely alcoholics. He said flatly, certain people become so much more interesting for the viewing public when the producers ply the participants with liquor--and the producers no this.
Other than flipping channels, seeing the players in Survivor, and quickly concluding there were many likely alcoholics, I'd never before watched reality TV. I decided to try and see as many Big Brother 6 episodes as I could. I quickly found several likely alcoholics, but slowly discovered a couple of possibilities that I didn't at first suspect.
First, I'll the likely non-addicts include James, the loss prevention manager, despite the fact that everyone seems to hate ...