Here Comes Honey Boo Boo promo
The above youtube video is a promo for the network TLC’s current top rated reality TV show “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo”. The former educational channel TLC, ever since it took a new direction in the reality TV sector, has succeeded in its viewership, however at the cost of deteriorating values.
I believe we all occasionally enjoy our guilty pleasure by watching reality TV shows like “Jersey Shore”. We may laugh, judge, mock or despise the outrageous actions and comments made by the show actor or actress. However when a reality show uses the same tactics on a six-year-old child such as “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo”, I found no pleasure in watching it but guilt.
The show follows the life of six-year-old beauty pageant Alanna Thompson’s family in Georgia USA. Like many other reality shows, “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” portrays its cast members in a way as if they are inviting the audiences to laugh at them. The promo clip repeatedly shows the “craziness” in the family.
Despite the successful marketing behind the show, the question of ethic is being challenged. In a market where money is the primary driver for almost everything, the limit for appropriateness in reality TV shows has been repeatedly pushed by producers. To have the child being ridiculed and scorned on a national scale, some praised its marketing strategy, I say it’s a sign of deteriorating values.
http://spectate.com/2012/10/believe-it-or-not-marketing-insights-from-honey-boo-boo/