I interviewed my roommate who loves to watch reality shows her favorite one is the Real World--Road Rules Challenge--The Duel! I asked her many questions, some that had to do with how much TV she watched growing up others had to do with her thoughts on pop culture today. Some of her answers I was able to predict and others caught me by surprise. I started off with asking her some questions about her life growing up around TV and how she got into watching reality shows.
To get her talking I asked her to discuss the “chapters of her life.” I also asked her how she thought she identified herself and the multiple cultures and traditions in her life? I also asked her if she were to write an autobiography what would each chapter be called and why? She said that chapter one would be called Pre-Knowledge of TV, she said that it would be entitled that because it was the time in her life before she knew what TV and just really watched it for the entertainment. Next would be called I like TV, she said she would call it this because she knew what TV was at this time in her life but never thought about it or what the programs she was watching meant. Then would be The Englightenment Period, this part in her life would be considered this because this is when she started to understand the programs she was watching and when she started to choose what she was wanted to or not watch. The last chapter up to date in her on-going book would be College, she said she would name it this because this time in her life is when she really had the freedom to watch whatever she wanted whenever she wanted, and she choose to watch reality TV.
I really want to know what pop culture meant to her and her thoughts on this. I thought that the answer to this question would give me a good idea as to the level of questions that I could ask her. She said that she thought that it meant doing things that are most familiar with today's society. Some examples of popular culture to her would be shows like friends and sex in the city. She also said that things like today's fashion such as jeans being able to be dressed up or down is also pop culture.
My follow up qustions to that was why she thinks that she has become a fan? She said that it is due to the fact we like to see entertainment, our society is always looking for new ways to be entertained and watching games like the duel does that for us. Our society also likes to see what others will do for money. Another question I had for her is why she continues to watch the duel? She said its because she wants to see who gets kicked off and who wins. She loves to follow the drama week to week as well. She said that she just finds it mezmorizing and cant really explain why she waste's at least 9 hours a week watching these type of shows. She said it is almost an addiction. My roommate said that she loves to people watch and the reality TV is the next best thing for her to do this most intriguing hobby.
My roommate said that this season's duel was so her favorite because she absolutly loved the relationship between CT and Diem. She said that it is the main reason why she watches week to week. I asked her if she would consider being in the Duel and who she thought she would be friends with out of all the people on the cast. Her response was that she definately would be on it since she is a competitve person. She also said that she would be friends with Diem because she loves her personality and has a lot in common with her and her overcoming cancer.
This interview was great and really helped to me to get a better prospective on where Kelly stood on her knowledge on Pop Culture and about reality TV. I knew that she has taken many AMST classes so I am looking forward to asking her more questions and really getting into the core of the interview.
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Hey Ali, I really liked how you addressed the television "chapters of life" with your roommate. It was interesting how she decribed each stage. I guess I have never thought of it in the way that she did. I can see how I can relate to how television influenced her in each stage as well. I was wondering if you had brought up the issue about the sexual relationships on television, specifically on this show, and how the effect that they have on the youth of today. I know you did talk about the CT and Diem relationship, but I was just wondering what she thought about the sexual relationships on the show like Beth and Nehemiah. I am interested on her intake especially since she is an AMST major and is also addicted to all of these shows.
The next RWRR Challenge will be the Inferno 3, filmed in South Africa as seen on this Inferno 3 Post.
Diem is not on it, although CT is, but he leaves early on due to an altercation as seen on the Real World Road Rules Blog.
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