Thursday, June 03, 2004
jerry springer
yes, i am a jerry springer addict. what can i say? i love his show. last year when i was undergoing chemotherapy treatment and home everyday, sick as a dog, the springer show was my salvation. i watched it religiously. it was at times the only thing that would get my spirits up between my times hanging over the porceline bowl and puking my guts out. i thought i had it pretty bad having cancer. but when you take a look at some of those people on that show, it really helps to put your own life into perspective. despite how sick i was, i was thankful that i 1)still have all my teeth 2)am not fat 3)am not ugly 4) have a monogamous relationship with my wife 5)can speak clearly.
however, there is nothing like watching people degrade themselves in front of a world wide audience. my favorite part is the audience questioning at the end. i have mentioned this addiction to other people and i get a mixed response. but i know that there are more springer fans out there than non-fans. even if they are still in the closet. in some ways i feel that it keeps me in touch with the american community that i left behind when i moved overseas 5 years ago. although i never lived in the southern states (where most of the show's guests seem to hail from) there is this implied sense of american attitudes that seem to me more concerned with infidelity rather than the world around them. whether you are a guest on the show, in the audience, or viewing from home, there is this uncanny desire to be a passive/active voyer into the fucked up lives that some of these people live.
is it a form of escapism for us? or is it pure entertainment? some argue that the scenarios are staged, but i have seen too much to buy into that. the jerry springer show is not wwf wrestling. the springer show is america, or at least one giant portion of it. i for one want more. i want springer uncensored. so bring on the whores, pimps, fatties, homosexuals, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, cousins, lovers, husbands, wives, daughters, sons, freaks, and phonies. bring on the tales of your twisted sick lives for my selfish entertainment. there can never be enough. i want more. the world wants more. it is only 45 minutes to springer now. so i gotta go.
ps-i want jerry beads and i am not afraid to bear my chest for them either. i also want to rub steve's head.
however, there is nothing like watching people degrade themselves in front of a world wide audience. my favorite part is the audience questioning at the end. i have mentioned this addiction to other people and i get a mixed response. but i know that there are more springer fans out there than non-fans. even if they are still in the closet. in some ways i feel that it keeps me in touch with the american community that i left behind when i moved overseas 5 years ago. although i never lived in the southern states (where most of the show's guests seem to hail from) there is this implied sense of american attitudes that seem to me more concerned with infidelity rather than the world around them. whether you are a guest on the show, in the audience, or viewing from home, there is this uncanny desire to be a passive/active voyer into the fucked up lives that some of these people live.
is it a form of escapism for us? or is it pure entertainment? some argue that the scenarios are staged, but i have seen too much to buy into that. the jerry springer show is not wwf wrestling. the springer show is america, or at least one giant portion of it. i for one want more. i want springer uncensored. so bring on the whores, pimps, fatties, homosexuals, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, cousins, lovers, husbands, wives, daughters, sons, freaks, and phonies. bring on the tales of your twisted sick lives for my selfish entertainment. there can never be enough. i want more. the world wants more. it is only 45 minutes to springer now. so i gotta go.
ps-i want jerry beads and i am not afraid to bear my chest for them either. i also want to rub steve's head.