Lou, ta for the reminder about this series. We've watched some of it and found it riveting, and were just talking within the last month or so about trying to track down the whole thing, but then it slipped our minds again. Until now!
I dunno, Lil. On the internet (especially the social networking sites) there is a lot of self-presentation, IMHO. As far as my limited experience with reality tv, I've concluded that people being safe, sane, and supportive doesn't make for good ratings ... outrageousness, malice, strife, and miscellaneous craziness do. I highly doubt we're getting a more realistic picture of the human animal in public and private from that source. Blogs and message boards like this one, sure, maybe .... but there's always that niggling doubt ... any one of us could be a construct .... an experiment .... a joke.
"Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock." -- Frank Herbert
