Essay - Series 7: the Contenders Challenges the Depth of the Line...

Series 7: The Contenders challenges the depth of ***** line between the so called reality based survival shows and fictionalized genres. Series 7 to ***** greatest degree is a spoof on the idea that a game with real stakes, reputed to be stakes of life and death could truly exist within an entertainment venue. ***** 7 proposes ***** ***** impact ***** such a situation upon the viewer c***** only ***** judged through the representative stakes of just that, life or death. The represented goal ***** the film is ***** a*****tual violent death of opponent players in the game. ***** implications of such a production weigh heavily upon the view*****g public ***** leave many questions to be answered by the phenomena of telev*****ion ratings. Though the Series 7 movie is an attempt to challenge the *****s *****tween *****ity ********** fiction, in much ***** same way the sensational Blair Witch Project did a few years bef*****e it, this film and others like it seem ***** be just what the reality show view*****g public is in search of next.

The Blair Witch Project was originally a low budget ***** of a college film crew *****ttempting to propagate a supposed true story of a mythological banished witch in a spooky forest in Maryland. The ***** crew supposedly disappeared in the process of ***** filming, and then this information was *****ized into a feature length film. ***** the creators presumably went farther than had ever *****en intended the supposed true story is still believed ***** some and was a n*****tional sensation completely outside the scope ***** the old fireside ghost stories we all heard as children, in many ways ***** source of the idea for ***** project. (http://www.blairwitch.com/main.html)

***** many ways ***** 7 is making fun of the serious ***** dramatic tools used by other reality show marketing to represent the stakes ***** high as the viewers imagination can go. Yet the undercurrent ***** belief, ***** those who have not suspended their belief ***** ***** a degree, is that if a contestant in one of the programs actually needed immediate medical attention, due to injury, exposure or even physical exhaustion the system in place would save ***** person rather ***** al***** them to die.

Series 7 goes even farther by upping the stakes and supposedly choosing contestants via a lottery, so they are simply ********** people with the self-determination to win the ***** and kill *****l ***** his or her **********. ***** it is clear ***** ***** real*****y b*****ed *****, at least the survival kinds ***** an extensive interview *****d selection process that weighs issues such as ***** stamina, overall health, and even per*****nality (of coarse to up the ***** interplay and therefore the ratings).

Other genres ***** reality television, such ***** detective or forensic true crime, dramatizations go completely against the believability of a ***** ***** as Series 7 in ***** they lead the viewer ***** believe that all crimes, and especially ***** of murder will be solved through the science and *****genuity of