This writer is quite convinced the advent of reality television signified the final nail in the coffin for modern civilization. If the Mayan calendar-makers hadn't run out of space, they'd have likely chiseled something about ritually sacrificing small-screen pea brains (Kim Kardashian, Snooki, Kate Gosselin) to avoid the hellfire wrath of Bolon Yotke. The money needed to produce a whole season of shows about a pack of delusional whores throwing drinks at each other in a McMansion in the SFV would've produced a single episode of something meaningful in seasons past; producers backpedal, claiming successful reality shows fund quality programming. If you need some convincing, join Occidental College historian Thaddeus Russell, former television exec... More >>>