The Kardashians - rant warning

It's like a car accident or a train wreck... you just can't look away.

I guess you've never watched Jersey Shore. It's worse. Trust me.

Very easy to not watch, though. I simply have no interest. Teen Mom? Well, if it's on, I'll watch it. But it's pretty bad, too.

It's a reflection of the current generation that such a show remains on the air. In a wiser era, "My Mother The Car" didn't last.

benbradley said:

It's a reflection of the current generation that such a show remains on the air. In a wiser era, "My Mother The Car" didn't last.

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Hey, hey, your generation made it possible for this kind of shit to exist. And you guys were responsible for that abomination known as Adam West's Batman.

But channels like MTV are why I don't have cable. They never play music. Everything good is on Netflix (like Breaking Bad).

OMG how could you hate on The Kardashians! They are SOOO REAL. I feel for them, with everything they do. You don't understand because you don't understand them.

/enough Will!



It's very interesting to see them on the morning talk shows though. Count how many times they reference themselves in the first person. Last time, I caught one at 103 within a ten minute segment.
But... you might try to kill yourself after listening to them... be warned.

A pack of talent-deprived narcissists, who aren't even all that pretty, behaving with the maturity of kindergartners, whose only claim to fame is having a shitload of money, more than they know what to do with.

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*snort* I see you are unfamiliar with the entirety of the Kardashian ouevre. Their foundational claim to fame is the sex tape "Kim Kardashian Superstar," which shows the Kardashian woman receiving the attentions of Ray J, a rapper whose main claim to fame is being the singer Brandi's brother. Apparently her rear end was considered, at the time, amazingly large and shapely, and with the enthusiastic assistance of her mother, her career as a celebrity was launched. But it took the involvement of the hardworking and creative Ryan Seacrest (producer of the show) to boost the whole family onto the Hollywood A-list.

And I know this because one of my co-workers is actually writing a sociology dissertation on fame in America, and how the concept has altered in the last fifty years.

I don't know what I find more pathetic, the show and participants themselves, or the fact that people watch this stuff (and buy magazines) in droves. Droves.

I have a daughter. The idea of her idolizing these people makes me physically ill.

I can't even say that it's the whole "car wreck" thing. It's beyond that. It's an affront to all intelligence on this planet.

Oh, that's who they are. I kept seeing this poster at my local bus stop and wondering, 'Who are these people and why should I care?' Now I know I don't have to.
Ketzel, your co-worker's dissertation sounds fascinating
- I've often wondered how 'fame' went from meaning 'the result of doing or being something exceptional' to 'the result of somehow grabbing people's attention despite an utter lack of talent, worth, or even an interesting level of difference from the norm'.

blacbird said:

My favorite of the latter being the one where Jack Nicholson played The Joker, not the one where Heath Ledger did. But that's probably just me.

caw

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No, it's not just you.

These Kardashians make Peggy Bundy seem as classy as Grace Kelly.

Actually, the money came from papa K. He was one of OJ Simpson's defense attorneys. And then came the sex tape.

I don't watch it, Jersey Shore, or any of that crap. And we can all thank Jerry Springer for opening the door to talentless, tasteless drivel.

thebloodfiend said:

And you guys were responsible for that abomination known as Adam West's Batman.

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blacbird said:

As for Adam West's Batman, that was just campy, fluffy light satirical comedy, with no pretense to anything else, and in some ways remains a nice counterpoint to the dark, somber and sometimes pretentious Batman movies of recent years. My favorite of the latter being the one where Jack Nicholson played The Joker, not the one where Heath Ledger did. But that's probably just me.

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And Batman remains on the air, somewhere, in reruns to this day (I think it's on the Hub). Yeah, it's regarded with some scorn and derision but it's considered classic TV and people look back on it with a certain degree of fondness; hell, I bought the DVD of the theatrical film sight unseen because...well...dude...it's Batman.

Batgirl's theme

That show is still on?

How can anyone watch that dreck?
The only way I can watch any of that is when they have clips and the like on the Soup.

What makes me sad is that I know who the Kardashians are.

There's a little portion of my brain that could be filled with something useful, but no, it's dedicated to an image of Kim Kardashian pouting at a paparazzi camera. I also have a vague understanding of Jersey Shore. It makes me sad because I didn't seek this stuff out - my TV hasn't worked for years. I don't even know anyone who watches any of it. It all just seems to creep in under the radar whether you want to know about it or not. There is no escape.

taichiquan.panda said:

And we can all thank Jerry Springer for opening the door to talentless, tasteless drivel.

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But Jerry Springer was hilarious at times. The Kardashians just look boring, though I've never actually watched the show.

I'd rather rant about the weird reality shows that have eclipsed all other programming on the History and Discovery channels. Seriously, what do a bunch of truckers have to do with history?!

I was looking at the TV listings a few weeks back and this was mentioned. I honestly had (and still have) no idea who these people are or why they're famous. Have they done something important or are we talking Jordan/Katie Price level of celebrity?

And for an antidote to this sort of shit, may I recommend a film called God Bless America? If you're anything like me, you'll love it.

seun said:

And for an antidote to this sort of shit, may I recommend a film called God Bless America? If you're anything like me, you'll love it.

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That looks amazing. Seriously, it looks "I must go watch it now even though it's past bedtime" amazing.

I should have added a link to the film:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1912398/

It won't be for everyone (and in light of recent events, a particular scene might make you wince), but I still recommend it especially in relation to bollocks like the Kardashian people.

thebloodfiend said:

And you guys were responsible for that abomination known as Adam West's Batman.

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Adam West's Batman is a thousand times better than anything the Kardashians have come close to. Hell, even the paper-thin sets which constituted the Dark Shadows soap opera was so, so much more engaging than the brain-dead vacuum of talent which most reality shows exist in. I'll freely admit that I have a love of the cheesy, cheap programming which was part of the fabric of television (go back and watch The Addams Family, and see if you can spot all the flubs, the poor special effects, and the woeful acting of some extras) but at least they tried.

WillSauger said:

Count how many times they reference themselves in the first person.

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IIRC, that is one of the classic signs of dealing with a psychopath. If they only began listening to the voices in their head, the show might actually be worth watching - "Say how do you get bloodstains out of the rug?" It would make a change from the usual stuff I sit through.

SirOtter said:

These Kardashians make Peggy Bundy seem as classy as Grace Kelly.

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This.

regdog said:

Kim Kardashian has over 15 million followers on Twitter.

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If anyone needs a damning indictment of the education system, then that is it. Damn... I had no idea how pervasive the stupidity was. I feel - well, a little sadder with that knowledge.

I used to quite fancy Peggy Bundy. All that hair.

I once met with a producer of reality TV, and she said that the popularity of the Kardashians is due to the format, which is very much like a traditional sitcom. I saw it once, and I suppose that is true. I don't like it, but I don't like most sitcoms, either.

Yeah I don't understand the Kardashians. Especially that Kourtney Kardashian, the way she talks to her mother is just ugh and then the other two younger sisters act like they hate hanging with their father and I think Rob has a crush on Lamar....just the entire family is like a white version of the Jacksons, lol

Nataanii said:

....just the entire family is like a white version of the Jacksons, lol

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Minus any vestige of talent. Especially if you are putting Kim in the role of Michael.