'Fade Street', Ireland's version of 'The Hills' gets 'thetvreviewguy' thinking. What is reality? Has TV extended the dramatic art form? And, above all, why? Why 'Fade Street'? The IMF may be running the country, we have daily political turmoil in our parliament and there's a palpable sense of anger and fear out there. But the reality in 'Fade Street' is whether a girl called Vogue (huh??) can get a modelling shoot or if the unintentional anti-hero of the drama, Louise, can flick her hair the right way and remember her lines, sorry, 'reality drama' reactions, or, most importantly, who scores who. It's a definite fugazzi, but even 'thetvreviewguy' has been tempted to switch over from Recession News and not just for the obvious reasons. He needs laughter as much as everybody else and if that has to come from having his jaw drop and shaking his head as these actors/real people (?) lead their post-bust 'glamourous' lives, then so be it. Maybe 'thetvreviewguy' is looking back from approaching middle-age and wistfully longing to recover his early 20s. More likely, he likes feeling a bit smug by thinking; yes, they might have their lives laid out before them but do they read books and appreciate irony. He would probably swap the latter for the former though...
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