Honey Boo Boo Child

Watching the video about honey boo boo and the video about the sucide for the first time, I find it very disturbing. After reading Albom's article, I feel that we had similar feelings about these videos. I think that he linked these two to show how shocking they are. A little girl acting the way she does and someone recorded a guy commited sucide and doing nothing about it are things that make your jaw drop as you watch these in shock. Watching the sucide will make some people feel some type of saddness because it is horrifying. That's not anything that is entertaining to watch. Honey boo on the other hand is entertaining to a lot of people because of how outrageous she is. We are so drawn to reality tv because of shows like honey boo boo which are amusing even though they can be disturbing. We are drawn to these shows because the people are different from what we are use to seeing in everyday life. Also, seeing someone else and their familes act so outrageous can be entertaing. I don't think reality tv is making us apathetic. I don't think watching these shows makes us apathetic we just enjoy watching a family that's different from us that brings humor.