Is reality really real?
For this sunday’s share, I’d like to double share something…
1) ImprovEverwhere.com Recently this blog/site/group came to my attention because of a VSL e-mail I got about their latest mission. You can watch a video of it here:
Cool, right? Go read about it on their site now if you haven’t already. Well, that’s only one of their many “stunts” that they’ve pulled off… With “No Pants Day,” “Greatest Gig Ever,” and “Fake U2″ amidst many others, the planning and execution of these are beautiful. Just all around beautiful. Their site is a good “waste of time” and has some good laughs amidst it, if you’ve got the time. I added them to my RSS feed in Newzie, so there’s a good chance this won’t be the only time you hear about them from me…
2) Pop Fiction! on E! Ashton Kutcher’s new show on E! is interesting. Essentially, its a “reverse Punk’d” with the celebrities pranking the paparazzi. The show sets up gossip situations with celebrities in on the jokes, trying to see how to make the paparazzi look stupid with these fake news stories. The most prominent one of all of them so far has been the Paris and her guru story. They also did a David Spade picking up a bride and Eva Longoria and Mario Lopez having an affair. There was also one about Avril Lavigne being pregnant which isn’t true. Needless to say, the concept as a whole is interesting. It seems, though, that they’re mostly low-key stunts to the poitn that they’re not making it too far out of the Hollywood/LA circle. Or at least I know Sarah said she hadn’t seen any of these, and she regularly reads these tabloid things. And I only vaguely saw something about the David Spade and the bride, but that was that. You can catch “Pop Fiction” weekly on E! network, just check your local listings…
Anyways, two interesting links to think about… The new “thing” seems to be how far can we push reality and still be real. I like the idea in the case of ImprovEverywhere, but “Pop Fiction” is only passable with me. I think there’s only so much questioning we can do of what’s out there before just settling in to accept it. We’ll see how it goes, though…
