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The Apprentice: The Apprentice, Sad Sob Stories Edition, Has Begun
Yell At Your TV Commentary and Recap by RTVC Senior Staff Writer Kathleen
September 17, 2010
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What did he step in?
I may have mentioned before that I’m officially new to The Apprentice.
I tried watching it when it first started but I was working in those days and the reality of it all was just too real. Sigh.
When one deals with arbitrary and capricious assignments and team players who use your dead body as a step-stool, 70-75 hours a week of that is enough. Sitting on the couch watching others do it is just not amusing.
I tried Celebrity Apprentice too, but it was just too bizarre. Everyone trying to crawl from the D-List to the C-List and doing it poorly. The money for charity wasn’t enough to keep me watching.
This year we are back to real people and the press releases say that they have real stories. And, I’ve retired from racing with the rats, so it’s all good.
Only in a down economy can an insufficient pension and a depleted savings feel like a good thing. My boat may be rickety but it’s still afloat.
On with the show.
Once upon a time, reality shows were real. If they are sporting events, they still are. But like a lopsided sporting event, they were frequently hard to watch. Enter the editors.
Film everything from every possible angle and splice it together in an interesting way. Except that the power of the editor means that what we are watching is no longer reality. The editor controls everything.
I can rant on this subject for hours. I will refrain from doing so today, but be prepared for the future.
Today I will only discuss the dreaded foreshadowing technique. You all know what I’m talking about.
There are a dozen or more people in this “contest” but only three or four get any screen time in a particular episode.
Dollars to doughnuts, those people are: tonight’s winner; tonight’s loser; tonight’s red herring (just to keep you on your toes) and the designated “interesting person” to be set up for future watching. Happens every time.
Now they may edit the ultimate winner as the loser and vice versa, but they will never EVER focus on A, B and C only to have contestant D suddenly appear from the back row of the chorus as the winner. Never happens. It’s in the Editor’s Rule Book. Chapter Two. Page 14.
With that in mind, I am going to watch this initial episode with an eye for the Rule. If it works out, I’ll do it every week. If I’m wrong, I’ll just be quiet and not talk about it anymore.
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