Comments on: Reality TV

By: Jim Kaludis

Jim Kaludis — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:01:01 +0000

Good evening Arlene,
Just saw your piece on Dragons Den, and I must say, your story has brought back the passion about your roots.
My dad always said, ‘in order to know where you are going, you have to know where you came from.’
I also appreciate the way you think outside the box, and that not just an expression, people that know it, see it in other people. Pride in what you do, whatever it is, is the same.
Keep doing what you are doing, it is truly inspiring.

By: Bhavini

Bhavini — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:11:50 +0000

Hi Arlene…I’m your biggest fan….

Will you meet me for coffee…next time your in Toronto…pleeeeeeeeease..?

Bhavini

By: Liam Taliesin

Liam Taliesin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:30:18 +0000

Reality televison as an entertainment form fails to excite me. This is partly on principle as it short-circuits the creative process, denying gainfuil employment to those who do create - writers, actors, directeors, et al. Consequently, while it satisfies the profit imperative of producers and networks, it leave this viewer cold.

Reality TV is also unsatisfying to me as an otherwise passionate ‘rubber-necker’ because of its vampiric nature. I don’t especially derive pleasure from seeing others humiliated.

Yet J’adore Dragon’s Den. Seeing the entreprenurial spirit celebrated as it is on this show, learning what works and doesn’t work, and sharing the agony and ecstasy of the particpants, albeit viacriously, makes for a sublime pleasure. The insights and repartee of all the dragons is an essential. The variety of views is part of what makes the show work.

By: Адам

Адам — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:25:31 +0000

Вот про все это я почитал с превиликиминтересом. И с удовольствием прочитал бы еще больше! Планируете ли дальше писать на эту же тему? Спасибо

By: Young Lee

Young Lee — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:25:38 +0000

The reality TV wave comes with the same mirage as blockbusters and sitcoms. The illusion in this case is placed at a different angle and that is at eye level with regular people. The public shouldn’t be fooled, since there are rigorous selection processes that the big corporate networks adhere to in order to add that character flare through the hopeful candidates that apply. I agree that it is a successful avenue in the television industry as it enables the general populous to sympathize and associate with the contestants individual character. There are few reality shows that are actually in a sense educational such as CBC’s Dragons Den, which only illustrates a partial fluff of the actual corporate world.

Another positive though would be that reality TV does drive individuals to reach certain ideals they may have. One trend though that can be notices in all these reality TV shows is that they all follow the same hierarchy that readily visible in business today (CEO, Management, Staff, Competition, Success measures, etc…). Makes one wonder what the global example is here?

By: Kevin Kinsella

Kevin Kinsella — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:55:56 +0000

Hello Arlene,

My name is Kevin Kinsella and I am a risk management consultant. I saw you on TV and was so impress by you. I do not have a big company like yours, but I am very passionate about the business. I love your website and your energy. You inspire me. Thanks!

By: Bianca Freedman

Bianca Freedman — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:59:53 +0000

Arlene– thank you for valuing measurement in communications. Thank you for inspiring so many Canadian women like me. I wish I got to tell you that in person when I met you on set yesterday. You rock!!

By: FredJouldd

FredJouldd — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:40:07 +0000

Thanks, good article.

By: RichardOn

RichardOn — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:27:04 +0000

Interesting site, but much advertisments on him. Shall read as subscription, rss.

By: Michelle Mainwaring

Michelle Mainwaring — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:11:15 +0000

Reality T.V. is so successful because people can relate to the ‘non-actor’, the average Joe, so to speak. We all love to be entertained by big budget movies but on a daily basis we know that our lives are far from the lives of those characters in scripted movies and sit-coms.
As a master of improvisation for over 22 years, I find that the best material comes from the spontaneity of the moment, when you least expect something, when it isn’t scripted or rehearsed. It’s all about trusting your instincts, honing them and delivering everything ‘in the moment’.