Dog the Bounty Hunter will be back on the air soon. Is this a surprise to anyone? It certainly isn’t to me. After all, what did taking him off the air really accomplish? Did it create a huge gaping hole in his pocket? Most likely not. Did it ruin his credibility in his career as a bounty hunter? Again, it most likely did not.
What it did do, is create controversy around his name. We all know what Dog said. We all know how many times he said it. We all saw him on Larry King pleading his case and professing his regret. And most of us know it was and still is a line of crap. However, it got his name out in front of people who may not have already known who Dog the Bounty Hunter is, or where and what time his show comes on. It went off the air for a time to appease those who called for it, and now it’ll come back because the ratings were good before and without a doubt they will be even higher this time around. Yes some people will avoid the show because of the controversy, but many more will tune in because entertainment has become more of a priority than morals and ethics now.
If you think about it, you can look at plenty of ‘our shows’ and see where we have put mindless entertainment in the forefront of morals, ethics, and just plain enriching entertainment. Flavor of Love is a prime example. This is a television show that is a demonstration of women making a mockery of themselves for notoriety. None of us are watching this show with hopes of seeing Flavor Flav find his ‘true love’. We’re watching these women make fools of themselves on national television for fifteen minutes of fame. Where is the art or talent in this? And we’ll just ignore the fact that he’s already engaged, which means if he wasn’t doing the show before just to make a quick buck and not really find ‘true love’ then he certainly is now.
Dog’s notoriety for his exaggerated use of the ‘n-word’ has done for him what controversy does for everyone else who has found their way into fame for dishonorable reasons; it has put him out in the light to be examined and scrutinized. Whether the people determine him to be another bigot getting away with offending another group of people or a simple man who made a simple mistake and is woefully sorry, at the end of the day, he’s just another celebrity who has succeeded in making a scene to make a couple more bucks
What it did do, is create controversy around his name. We all know what Dog said. We all know how many times he said it. We all saw him on Larry King pleading his case and professing his regret. And most of us know it was and still is a line of crap. However, it got his name out in front of people who may not have already known who Dog the Bounty Hunter is, or where and what time his show comes on. It went off the air for a time to appease those who called for it, and now it’ll come back because the ratings were good before and without a doubt they will be even higher this time around. Yes some people will avoid the show because of the controversy, but many more will tune in because entertainment has become more of a priority than morals and ethics now.
If you think about it, you can look at plenty of ‘our shows’ and see where we have put mindless entertainment in the forefront of morals, ethics, and just plain enriching entertainment. Flavor of Love is a prime example. This is a television show that is a demonstration of women making a mockery of themselves for notoriety. None of us are watching this show with hopes of seeing Flavor Flav find his ‘true love’. We’re watching these women make fools of themselves on national television for fifteen minutes of fame. Where is the art or talent in this? And we’ll just ignore the fact that he’s already engaged, which means if he wasn’t doing the show before just to make a quick buck and not really find ‘true love’ then he certainly is now.
Dog’s notoriety for his exaggerated use of the ‘n-word’ has done for him what controversy does for everyone else who has found their way into fame for dishonorable reasons; it has put him out in the light to be examined and scrutinized. Whether the people determine him to be another bigot getting away with offending another group of people or a simple man who made a simple mistake and is woefully sorry, at the end of the day, he’s just another celebrity who has succeeded in making a scene to make a couple more bucks
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