Some people despise reality TV shows and can’t wait to point out to you how it’s brain numbing TV at its worst. Now I fall both sides of the fence on the argument, because I do think quite a lot of “reality” TV is about as real as a scripted soap, but I also believe we can learn things from some reality TV.
Case in point… I’ve been watching a UK show called The Family. The series is in its second season and features the Grewal family going about life as cameras capture their every move. What I find fascinating about this season is the Grewals are a British Indian family and this is a wonderful document as to how similar we all are, regardless of race or culture. The Grewals have the same issues as most of us and it also brings us great insight into Asian family culture. I’ll pop the trailer for this season below so you can check it out. If we can learn anything from reality TV it should be that we all have far more similarities than we do differences and we should embrace that fact.
