A Real Reality Show

(11:38:05 PM)
This one's quick.
I don't watch 'reality TV', mostly because it's less 'real' than anything else on TV. (I do know what's going on in reality, thanks to 'The Soup' on E! channel on Fridays. Funnier than hell !)
They swap wives, swap spit, swap in the dark. They date, they fight, they curse and backbite anddrss badly to cover the disasters of their extreme makeovers. They're reality show contestants, on islands, in the hilss, from Bachelors to Housewives.
And they'll talk about anything, or anyone, as long as it's on camera.
Except one thing.

So let me pitch my new Reality Show: 'GLA$$ HOU$E$' : Real people list the actual value of all their assets and debts , reveal their income amounts and sources and review their last tax return.

What if everyone found out that none of us are making any money?
What if we actually knew how much money the people we look at, on TV or in the movies, in politics or sports, make, and who they're paying?
Wouldn't you watch to see all the expenses of Lady Gaga, and how much she spends to avoid paying her taxes.
Wouldn't you like to see where Limbaugh spends his $400 million multi-year contract?

I don't know where to go with this, but I know this is the only real taboo in America. We'll put snuff porn on the internet, send nude pics of ourselves to our lovers using cell phones, we'll publish video of animals being squashed by feet dressed in fancy shoes. That last was just declared legal under First Amendment rights. I don't know where to go with that, either.

But dare anyone to put their actual tax return up on the web, with their name on it, even if all the other person info is redacted, and you'll see them stare at you as if you'd proposed using their 4-year-old as a food source.

It's said that in France, they will talk about their finances, but never about their sex lives. I know it's just the opposite here in America. Because money is the real porn in America. And how much you really have, and how you really got it, is a secret everyone keeps, and no one wants to tell. Parents hide it from children, spouses hide it from each other, services now investigate it for fiancees before they get married, because 'I love you and trust you' doesn't include money and finances.

And no, if this show gets picked up, I won't tell you how much they pay for it.
Because there's a difference between Honesty and Reality. And there's only so much of either we can handle.
(12:08:24 AM)