In the future, everybody will be the star in their own TV reality show. My life will then be one continuous selfie, where friends and family can tune into my reality every day. Want to know what Paul’s doing, turn on The Paul Greeley Show. In that scenario, my life will be richer, fuller and […]
In the future, everybody will be the star in their own TV reality show.
My life will then be one continuous selfie, where friends and family can tune into my reality every day.
Want to know what Paul’s doing, turn on The Paul Greeley Show.
In that scenario, my life will be richer, fuller and more exciting, because I’ll have to live my life the way I want people to think I’m living it, instead of actually how I am living it.
Look, Paul’s jetting to the islands. Instead of Paul’s scraping ice off his car windshield.
Look, Paul’s kicking it front-row at a rock concert. Instead of Paul’s home nodding on the couch watching TV.
Look, Paul’s drinking flaming drinks with friends at crowded restaurants. Instead of Paul’s home eating soggy warmed-in-the-microwave pizza left over from last week.
I’d have to step it up a bit so as not to disappoint my viewers.
Let’s face it, what’s real on TV anymore? Even shows that say they’re real aren’t really. Did you ever see a Real Housewife of Beverly Hills in curlers without any make-up? I’m sure couples looking at houses on House Hunters have to do 20 takes walking into a kitchen just so the cameraman gets it right. I mean why couldn’t The Big Bang Theory say it’s a reality show?
The blurry line between what’s real and everything else is the premise of the new series, Barely Famous, coming next month to VH1.
Real sisters, Erin and Sara Foster, (I’ve never heard of them), real daughters of the real Grammy-Award winning producer David Foster, (I’ve never heard of him), portray themselves. That’s the part that’s fun; they portray themselves.
Which defies reality because they say they would never do a reality show. A documentary? Maybe.
Anyway, these two real-life producers, actresses and writers, barely famous, lampoon life in the Hollywood fast lane.
Erin and Sara have a great concept in Barely Famous. The world between what’s real and what’s scripted promises endless material for episodes.
Watching the first episode, I kept trying to figure out which part is real and which is “scripted” reality, which is way different than real.
Are they famous? Should we know them?
Semi-recognizable and semi-famous actors and celebrities appear in cameo roles. Are they real or acting?
It doesn’t matter. What Barely Famous is, is really entertaining.
Now, I’ve got to go get ready for tomorrow’s episode of The Paul Greeley Show.
Look, there’s Paul playing tennis with Jimmy Connors. Instead of Paul’s getting up before dawn to sit in front of his computer in bathrobe and slippers writing a column.
Oops, it’s back to reality.
Barely Famous Premieres Wednesday, March 18, at 9:30 p.m. ET on VH1.
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