Post by PlanetM on Feb 17, 2009 18:27:23 GMT
This time the new is not about Ricky but about his wife Andrea and her appearance in "Top design" last year.
When Reality TV Approaches Actual Reality
If you think of it as evolution, then Ricky Schroeder's wife Andrea was one of the first fish to crawl out of the ocean. When she appeared last year on Season 2 of Bravo's Top Design, she heralded a fascinating television trend: Famous people appearing on reality shows about... normal people.
That's different than famous people freaking it up on The Surreal Life or winking at their status on Dancing With the Stars... you know, shows where a participant's fame is the ostensible reason to watch. When Andrea Schroeder went on TV to compete as an interior designer, she was... just another designer. I mean, yes, she talked about Ol' Silver Sthingy several times, but the focus was generally on her fabric choices. She was a celebrity, de-celebritized.
And okay, okay... Andrea Schroeder isn't really a celebrity. But like I said, she's one of the early species in this evolutionary event, just like Gary Hogeboom, the former NFL quarterback who was on Survivor.
At this very moment, however, reality TV is giving us two fully-developed examples of the "de-celebritized" celebrity, and the consequences are fascinating.
Source: The Huffington Post
You can read the full article here:
www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-blankenship/when-reality-tv-approache_b_167469.html
When Reality TV Approaches Actual Reality
If you think of it as evolution, then Ricky Schroeder's wife Andrea was one of the first fish to crawl out of the ocean. When she appeared last year on Season 2 of Bravo's Top Design, she heralded a fascinating television trend: Famous people appearing on reality shows about... normal people.
That's different than famous people freaking it up on The Surreal Life or winking at their status on Dancing With the Stars... you know, shows where a participant's fame is the ostensible reason to watch. When Andrea Schroeder went on TV to compete as an interior designer, she was... just another designer. I mean, yes, she talked about Ol' Silver Sthingy several times, but the focus was generally on her fabric choices. She was a celebrity, de-celebritized.
And okay, okay... Andrea Schroeder isn't really a celebrity. But like I said, she's one of the early species in this evolutionary event, just like Gary Hogeboom, the former NFL quarterback who was on Survivor.
At this very moment, however, reality TV is giving us two fully-developed examples of the "de-celebritized" celebrity, and the consequences are fascinating.
Source: The Huffington Post
You can read the full article here:
www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-blankenship/when-reality-tv-approache_b_167469.html