Every year I watch the NHL playoffs and think, "I love sports, why don't I watch more of this?" I was EXTREMELY pleased to see they had their best opening night numbers in 16 years:
Almost simultaneously, I saw this OUTSTANDING video overlaying the great new Daft Punk album (Random Access Memories
First, marvel in the dance. And the music. But mostly the dance.
Second, this is just reality television today minus about 40 years. These folks loved to have an audience to watch them do their thing, and we loved it (and love it today!)
But, third, I reflected on both the dancing and the NHL playoffs and I realized what I loved about both vs. a lot of what I see today on reality TV (I'm looking at you, Real Housewives of *). It's actual skill + actual emotion = SOMETHING. This is different than: audience + insane people = NOTHING. I'm as into trashy stuff as the next guy, but you have to do two things in order for me to love watching you:
- Be good at something
- Love doing that something
You cannot do that, you have lost me as a viewer. Now pardon me, there's a Top Chef marathon on.