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Why We Binge on Blingy Reality TV (HT Brunch)

February 6, 2021
Shunali Khullar Shroff on Reality TV
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What makes TV shows showcasing lifestyles of the rich and famous such voyeuristic gems that you can’t help but bingewatch them? 

It’s midnight. Realising I am alone, I shut the door, pull the drapes and prepare to delve deep into my guilty pleasure – Reality TV!

Fine, go ahead and call it ‘cringe’. But before you pass judgment on modern pop-culture’s fine gems, reflect on how these very shows got you past testing times. Admit it… when you saw familiar celebrity faces without their customary make-up or grandeur, you too visited the parlour with a universe of possibilities. Sigh! Sometimes I wonder if we give these shows their due credit for their invaluable contribution to our mundane existence.

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Shunali is the author of the bestselling books Love in the Time of Affluenza and Battle Hymn of a Bewildered Mother. She writes regularly for a host of publications including the Conde Nast Traveller, HT Brunch, Elle, Vogue, Mint Lounge and The Quint on travel, culture, modern Indian life and feminism. Shunali lives in Mumbai with her somewhat itinerant family and needy dogs.

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