Need your help to win 30 dollar bet! :)

[SpeedZealot369]

Last night I made a 30 dollar bet with a friend of mine. they were watching 'Shahs Of Sunset' and I was like what the hell I'll sit down and see what the show is about. Very quickly I came to dislike the trashiness and cheapness of the show.

Anyway, it was pretty clear and obvious to me that this ain't no "reality" show, these characters are extremely over the top, stereotypical, and It was also very clear to me that this was somewhat scripted/written if not completely.

So this girl made a bet with me that it's real.. and I am trying to search the internet for some kind of proof that it has scripted/written/staged elements. Does anyone know where I can go to show her that it's not real?

I can't believe it's real my basic human morals and integrity won't allow me too.

 

[mcurphy]

Never heard of it, but from wikipedia:

It is already circulating that the show is highly scripted and fictionalized

 

[zinfamous]

Isn't it the Indian version of Jersey Shore?

I know I just read about this trash, somewhere...

oh, and if someone needs any more proof that "reality TV" is scripted/staged than the proof they see before their eyes, then...seek new friends? lol. :\

 

[zinfamous]

Here you go, OP...though I'm not sure this will help your cause...

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/backissues/2012/03/life-in-irangeles.html

 

[Schfifty Five]

All reality shows are staged to some degree.

 

[SandEagle]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...acrest-sued-participant-new-Shahs-Sunset.html

According to the website Salem insists she was 'forced against her will' to play the 'bad girl,' which will only serve to support the theory that such programmes are scripted.

 

[FoBoT]

it is as real as all 'reality' television is, they don't pay unionized script writers to write an official script

 

[FoBoT]

Isn't it the Indian version of Jersey Shore?

i thought they were Persians, like Iranians that fled before the Shah was deposed

 

[zinfamous]

i thought they were Persians, like Iranians that fled before the Shah was deposed

Isn't that, like, the same country?

 

[FoBoT]

Isn't that, like, the same country?

same place , different time

 

[TwiceOver]

It's just about as real as the Repo/Towing shows on "Tru" TV.

 

[FoBoT]

It's just about as real as the Repo/Towing shows on "Tru" TV.

i am starting to like that Lizard Lick Towing show, but yes, the show is completely directed

 

[busydude]

Isn't that, like, the same country?

What?

 

[OlafSicky]

Persia = Iran

 

[dave_the_nerd]

The thirty dollars is gone, dude.

But that's okay.

Anybody who is convinced that reality tv is real is somebody you can take advantage of later to the tune of a lot more than $30.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Never heard of it, but from wikipedia:

Heh I checked wiki out before I posted here, the thing is that quote is not proof, just rumor. I need to be able to prove it.

 

[FoBoT]

the only real way to prove it would be to get in contact with someone that works on the show and you'd have to get them to tell you stuff that would probably violate either a NDA or the terms of their employment, so they'd have to risk getting fired

just so you could win a bet

good luck

 

[zerocool84]

Every "reality show" is scripted.

 

[zinfamous]

What?

don't they all come from the same country, over there?

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Haha so fobot your telling me that the truth is obvious but to prove it would be impossible. lol i'm screwed!

 

[FoBoT]

Haha so fobot your telling me that the truth is obvious but to prove it would be impossible. lol i'm screwed!

yes. sorry buddy
if you wait, it could become public knowledge sometime in the future. here is an example

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiz_show_scandals

The American quiz show scandals of the 1950s were a series of revelations that contestants of several popular television quiz shows were secretly given assistance by the show's producers to arrange the outcome of a supposedly fair competition.

In 1956, the game show Twenty-One, hosted by Jack Barry, featured a contestant coached by producer Dan Enright to make the other contestant win the game. This was brought into focus in 1958 when Enright was revealed to have rigged the show and caused networks to cancel the quiz shows. This element of the scandal was portrayed in the 1994 movie Quiz Show.

As a result, many contestants' reputations have been tarnished. The United States Congress passed the 1960 amendments of the Communications Act of 1934, preventing anyone from fixing quiz shows. Due to that action, many networks imposed a winnings limit on game shows, such as Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, and The Price Is Right (the limits were removed by 2008). The scandal even resulted in the declining ratings of quizzes that were not rigged, such as You Bet Your Life.

so unless Congress gets involved to pass a law, The Reality in Reality Shows Act, (just how asinine can Congress get? perhaps you WILL win this bet after all ) i wouldn't hold my breath on this one

 

[busydude]

don't they all come from the same country, over there?

I see what you did there.

 

[gorcorps]

You fool... you're supposed to bet her dinner

 

[CPA]

Wait, so let me get this straight, you made a bet with a girl on something you know you could easily win, so you bet money?

 

[lozina]

I will supply you irrefutable evidence of that show being scripted.

...it will cost you $50