Give Us More Reality TV

by Charu Uppal



We the audience, The public The market, Might have some decorum left Those ‘modes of communication’ Media -- in short Were to enhance our lives In images and with words To make us soar with the Possibility of how high We could Fly With our dreams How deep We could think How grand are Our imaginations And what noble potential Our acts hold Please give us More reality TV More obscenity More profanity More shamelessness More advertising More self-centeredness Until we are completely Self-absorbed And become a spectacle Ourselves Till no hint of separation Is left between Reality TV And Reality

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18-Dec-2014

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Comments on this Poem

Thanks for the comment Pat. Yes, I wonder about that as well---what is/should be/can be the role in our society ---?

Charu Uppal
24-Dec-2014 06:14 AM

Yes, yes - it is time to ask the media to look at itself and the values is shows. As a journalist - I often feel ashamed on my profession as we milk personal human tragedy when we try to see what forces are behind the pain and suffering.

Yes- journalism is often media on display - and not the stories. I think this poem talks wisely and well.

Patrick Craddock
20-Dec-2014 20:01 PM