I love watching TV shows. I think they are so much fun to watch because, like movies, they take you away from your current situation. But recently some shows have been using some real events and applying it to the show’s storylines. Grey’s Anatomy’s storyline right now has to let people go and merge two hospitals because of the recession. In Ugly Betty, Mode Magazine had to get some help because they were not making enough money.
And so I though it would be interesting to see what people have to say about television shows and if they really show what people go through in real life. Shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, and Ugly Betty are trying to show what goes on in everyday life and how people handle the situations.
Anteo Quiroz, a postback (meaning he is getting another undergraduate degree) in biology
“ The real world is all scripted and that I think that the doctors in Grey’s Anatomy don’t act like the doctors would in the real world.”
Alejandro Pulido, 18, freshman, philosophy major
“Character conflicts might be real and other stuff are exaggerated. People are more attracted to appearance, that’s the difference between books and television."
And so I though it would be interesting to see what people have to say about television shows and if they really show what people go through in real life. Shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, and Ugly Betty are trying to show what goes on in everyday life and how people handle the situations.
Today, I received help from a group of girls from a high school in Oakland (look above picture on the left): Claudia Alvarez (L); Gabriela Pena (C); and Yasmin Briceno (R).
It was my responsibility to show them around campus and give them a few tips on how to interview people. They were a little shy to talk to people, but I think they did a nice job in the 15-20 minutes we had to get quotes.
Here is the question we asked and the responses the girls got.
Do television shows portray what real people go through and do people tend to go for looks over talent?
Rachel Buddeberg, a grad student and philosophy major:
“In television they care more about the beauty. I would say that in the movies they don’t really care because to make a good movie they go for talent.”
Anteo Quiroz, a postback (meaning he is getting another undergraduate degree) in biology
"Some shows like HBO and Showtime are more realistic than ABC and Fox... And they do choose beauty over talent to a certain extent.”
Bussola Oluwole, 23, postback biology
“ The real world is all scripted and that I think that the doctors in Grey’s Anatomy don’t act like the doctors would in the real world.”
Alejandro Pulido, 18, freshman, philosophy major
“Character conflicts might be real and other stuff are exaggerated. People are more attracted to appearance, that’s the difference between books and television."
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