29 Jul 2001
Murder in Small Town X
Murder in Small Town X. It shouldn’t really surprise me that FOX, the network of Cops and When Animals Attack, has brewed up the first snuff reality show. But it does shock me that I found it so compelling I can’t wait to see next week’s episode.
The concept of 10 contestants investigating a murder really is pretty cool, but the use of film stock to record the contestants (instead of TV cameras) lends a too-realistic “documentary” feel to the proceedings. And the “death” of the the first contestant was needlessly acted out, unlike the metaphoric assassinations on The Mole (and of course, in the tradition of other reality shows, the Black person was the first to go).
You’re not alone, Matt–I missed episode 1 last Tuesday and I couldn’t TiVo last night’s rerun because it would conflict with “Sex and the City”/”Six Feet Under.” So what did I do? Fired up the VCR for the first time in God knows when and actually TAPED it. I hope my TiVo forgives me.
Max | 30 Jul 2001