{"id":4968,"date":"2009-06-23T12:01:08","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T17:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=4968"},"modified":"2009-06-23T10:47:53","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T15:47:53","slug":"nadir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=4968","title":{"rendered":"Here, My Nadir"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every truly repulsive trend has a nadir, eventually, something that makes even fans and participants sit up and go “oh, good lord, is this what we’ve sunk to?”\u00a0<\/p>\n

For Britney-watching, it was the 24\/7 coverage of her complete meltdown, after which the nation engaged in a sober debate on the ethics of milking celebrities’ difficulties for ratings, and then went looking for nude pictures of Vanessa Hudgens.<\/p>\n

For daytime TV, it was “Jenny Jones” and her attempt to out-Springer Springer which went horribly awry<\/a>, ending in murder.\u00a0 It served as the high-water mark on the loathsome tide of daytime talk shows in the nineties.<\/p>\n

With hair-metal, it was Winger.<\/p>\n

With the plague of people posting videos on themselves talking onto Youtube, it was Chris Crocker<\/a>, who singlehandedly breathed new life into the “ex-gay” movement.<\/p>\n

And, maybe, please dear Lord, the Gosselins and their full-contact french kiss with Faust<\/a>\u00a0will do the same for “reality” TV.<\/p>\n

Personally, I would have been more surprised if they announced that they were ending the show to save their marriage, but after watching them bicker through this season, that probably wouldn’t have worked anyway. Some people just aren’t meant to be together forever, and these two have seemed to have some issues for a long time. But now the big question is what will happen with the TLC series “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” and what will happen with the kids.I would hope that this means the show would be over, but now we apparently get to watch not only the dissolution of their marriage (and have to see their faces on every gossip columns that stalks their future relationships) but we get to watch as the kids try and cope with this on TV. Those poor kids. I get that this is reality, but it’s just not a fun show about the chaos of eight children anymore. It’s uncomfortable to watch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So don’t.<\/p>\n

I mean it.\u00a0 Everyone.\u00a0 Stop!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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