Summary # 8 T. Burns

In the essay, "Reality Television: Oxymoron" by George F. Will, he writes of certain reality television shows that degrade the people who choose to participate with them. He tells how good entertainment in most people's eyes is sex, violence, and people degrading themselves for money. One show featured in his essay is Fear Factor on NBC. People on this show basically do whatever they are told to do for money. Some tasks include eating maggots, sitting in a tub of biting rats, and anything else that they basically fear and wouldn't do for no reason. He believes that "America, determined to amuse itself into inanition, is becoming increasingly desensitized." Many reality tv shows are imitations of eachother. It is not only in the US but in other countries around the World as well.