By Glorian Kuo Since when can a variety show have such a high audience rating? I don’t know. How can a bunch of girls stir up such a mania among youngsters of wanting to become well-known beauties? I can’t tell, either. There’s only one concern from my humble point of view: this almost one-year-old program on Channel V is leading our teenagers, unfortunately, to nowhere. It is the variety show “I love Black society” that I am referring to. The show itself is like a class, with a teacher-like host Blacky and a group of female students aged fourteen to twenty, who were picked from thousands of girls from all over Taiwan. It offers chances to perform for girls who are dying to demonstrate their talent, confidence, and of course–their angelic faces.
In order to look better on TV, these girls wear heavy make-up and underpants-visible mini skirts that do not belong to their age. They practice singing, dancing, acting, playing musical instruments and other accomplishments, sparing no effort to stand out from the others although they all remain “sisters.” Some of the girls have got real potential for show business, yet oftentimes the what-is-she-doing-there girls abash the judges for they dare not to express their true feelings about the girls’ remarkably embarrassing performance. And just like those next-top-model programs, competitors need to pray sincerely not to be knocked out by elimination, taking them another step closer to their wonderland of beauty wannabes. Otherwise they would start to weep, miserably claiming how much hard work they had done. “I’ve done my best (wiping tears),” they always say. Are these girls representatives of bimbos nowadays? Or are they a symbol of women being objectified? There has been more and more criticism of this show on the internet, complaining that the girls’ performance has everything to do with looks, and this has produced very bad influences on junior and senior high school girls. Their foolishness on the intelligence test of the show has been censured the most, for these girls think stupidity and ignorance sell. So they make absurd answers to common sense questions with all their might, assuming viewers would take it as the cutest behavior in the world. However, contrary to what they had expected, it brings about people’s disfavor, considering they are violating sex equality and degrading the value of female existence. As to my personal reaction to their collective illiteracy, I simply feel like vomiting. Every day there are hundreds of thousands of people browsing these girls’ albums, blogs, and propaganda schedules, leaving sweet or bitter messages on their guestbook. Besides, since the show has become so popular, it now fills twenty hours per week, ensuring that every viewer who happens to switch to Channel V can watch these pretty figures making fun of themselves again without missing them too much. Furthermore, with their high popularity, black-society girls are often invited to other programs on Channel V, making fun of themselves even more. Nine of them also issued their own single, and according to the program, they sold over thirty thousand records in two weeks. I am really curious about how many teenagers on earth fantasize themselves to be such girls who posture and preen on TV. And if a day comes when everyone communicates with a baby accent, I might believe it to be the end of the world. Maybe the problem lies in the deviation of values. People nowadays put more emphasis on those who dare to do anything. There is nothing wrong with being somebody, nevertheless, it is still necessary to hold our dignity and uplift our standards. These girls just fall victim to our chaotic modern values. And if one still finds it uncomfortable to watch the show, try turning it off, there’s nothing to be missed. After all, we should stop letting youngsters be exposed to conceptions like “appearance matters,” or “show business is a wonderful job.” Why upset yourself and then make harsh criticisms to upset those girls? Just refuse to join the black society. a
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May 2024
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