The thing about reality TV is that it brings to the surface who you really are. You hear the participants talk about favorable or unfavorable editing - which may be true. You hear them talk about not understanding the role each person needs to play - which may also be true. Not having been on TV, but having a real life, I would say the cameras not only add ten pounds they reveal your character. Like aging, reality TV exaggerates your character qualities.
The amazing race has a fun concept this year. Families compete for whatever the prizes will be. Perhaps the biggest prize is seeing which family can be loving and caring to each other, good sports and helpful to others under intense pressure and scrutiny.
Last night
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revealed that nice families do finish last. The Black family handled themselves so well, with incredible grace under tremendous pressure and defeat.
The Weaver family might be the sentimental choice having lost their father / husband in an accident. They talk of faith and pray on camera. I’m ok with that. I was wondering exactly what Jesus was going to do when called upon while they were lost and looking at the map. I’m not sure that Jesus is in the GPS business. I’m pretty sure he’s going to let ONSTAR take care of those details.
The team made up of brother-in-laws and father-in-law (the Aiello family) is going to be fun to watch as will be the team of siblings (the Linz family) and the daughters and father team (the Bransen family). This all brings me to the Paolo family - yikes!
The profile of this family declares that constant bickering is a norm for this family. It also said they are willing to put their differences aside for $1 million dollars. It sure did not seem like that last night. I don’t know these people and was embarrassed for them. The boys are ugly (not talking about appearance here), mean and disrespectful. They speak to each other and to their parents in a horrific way. Let’s just that in a different time (if Moses were still around) and these kids popped off to their parents like they did on national TV there would be quite a few rocks heading in their direction.
Beth mentioned how since they didn’t finish in last place on the first leg of the race that everything was accepted. The spoiled rotten, abusive behavior was tolerated because they didn’t end up in last place. If they do lose, and frankly I was hoping it was going to be last night, I hope they show the same grace TO EACH OTHER as did the Black family.
What if our spiritual family became the subject of a reality TV show? What if right out there in from of God and everybody our character, our actions and attitudes are on display for all to see?
On the lighter side, how do you think you and your family would do on such a contest as the amazing race?
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September 28th, 2005 at 10:05 am
I’m awful under stress. No one else can do anything right. Then I screw up, get humbled, and people can live with me again, for a few hours.
Even being on camera wouldn’t bring out my best side. levhv
September 28th, 2005 at 10:22 am
My church family would be cooperative, helpful, and supportive of each other. In a physical exercise, however, we probably would not make it to first base due to the average combined age! As for my “family-family,” we’d fall in there with Brady!
September 28th, 2005 at 10:37 am
Like Brady, I don’t often handle stress well. But I’m working on it by trying to see a larger perspective and realizing the place of a greater spiritual battle taking place.
Aside from that, you know me … I’d get us all lost!
September 28th, 2005 at 10:58 am
How would my wife and I perform on The Amazing race? As the Governator would put it, “Vee vill crush and gring der bones, use da powda to lighten our coffee.” In a spirit of loving and caring for others.
September 28th, 2005 at 11:02 am
I’m having fun thinking about all of you and how I think you would do on this type of show!
September 28th, 2005 at 12:37 pm
Lisa and I love The Amazing Race. We were rooting against the loud Italian family from the get-go. There is no WAY my son would ever talk to my wife like that. We were rooting for the Blacks also and were both moved by how they handled defeat. It’s going to be an interesting season.
I know I’ve said this before, but since you brought it up…. Lisa and I spend every episode saying what she would do and what I would do…which challenges we would pick and so on. It’s half the fun. We actually almost auditioned for this season. We had talked about it, but didn’t have a “family of four” that would go. Also we realistically couldn’t leave a 4-year-old while we galavanted. But then, we were out with two friends of ours who were dating and we went to get ice cream right by the Amazing Race audition booth! There were four of us…we were right there…but we had ice cream instead.
September 28th, 2005 at 12:54 pm
I wouldn’t hold a lot of hope for Barbara and me. One of the (few) biggest fights we ever had was on a canoe trip! Hey, we might be a front runner if they leave canoes.
One of your comments reminded me of Bible Camp. I always tell new staff to our camp that spending a week with 140 kids ages 10 to 18 will bring out the “real” you. It’s how we live our life under this kind of stress that speaks much louder to campers than any words we say.
O.k., as a white water rafting guide might say, “Give me a hard forward!”
September 29th, 2005 at 2:13 pm
I have two sides to my personality…(actually, Lex says I have two people, which is a different problem). I am a hot or cold person, love or hate. Kind of “go big or go home” kind of temperment. (I really hesitate to admit that on a public blog forum but maybe some of you already knew this about me.)
I would either be extremely graceful and upbeat or I would be a witch. I’m not sure, honestly, which side would win out. It would depend on whether I remembered to pray…seriously.