Netflix has become my addiction more times than I would like
to admit. Once I see an episode of a
show I became quickly fond of, I can't help but get hooked on it and watch
every single episode as soon as possible. My most recent television series that
I am absolutely hooked on is Friends.
It's about a group of close friends
living in New York in their twenties
trying to overcome the struggles of life such as love, work, friendship, financials,
and common life hiccups for people in that age group. I had seen some episodes
before it was on Netflix but starting at one seemed to give me the whole scoop
and give me satisfaction to my unanswered questions because of something I
might of missed. The whole reason I knew it was on Netflix and started watching
it is because some of my friends on Facebook were posting about and how much
they have gotten addicted to it. Yes, I gave in right after I read the third
post about it. I told my sister to start watching it with me and we made it
sort of like a bonding time between her and I. We both can relate to certain
situations and laugh because of the personality the actors carry. While
watching it, we connect to the character's life and say stuff like, "That
seems like something you would do, or Something so so would
encounter". The experience of
watching Friends has been good. Each
episode is 22 minutes and I get excited when I have time in my week to just sit
on my couch and enjoy the "pleasure and escape" from my daily
routines.
It
gives me time to be sucked into their lives and realize that I'm not the only
one not knowing what I'm doing with my life sometimes, or confused about a
certain somebody or that doesn't like their job all the time. It leaves me
craving for more because I always want to know what happens next or what they
will do or react in the situation they just put themselves in. I can put myself in their shoes and wonder how
I would deal with it or how I have dealt with it.
Entertainment's ability to provide pleasure
and escape in popular culture creates a bond between reality and what's on T.V.
Even though it's not always spot on to how society actually is, one can always
find similarities with the Vampire on Twilight, the blue girl on X-Men, or the
alien on American Dad. These T.V. shows
can bring people that don't really seem alike, together. It gives people
entertainment in their lives away from their reality. Entertainment manipulates
popular culture by showing things that are trending, cool, or situations that
their targeted audience may be experiencing.
I do not have Netflix but I know a lot of people that do. They have become so addicted to it that's all they do. The creators of television shows make sure that a vast majority of people can relate to the show by putting similar experiences in the show that they may have gone through or at least relate to it. Television easily manipulates people, sometimes without even trying.
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