Review of Solitary

Solitary (2006–2010)
1/10
Scripted Show with actors pretending to be authentic
2 February 2023
Yet another reality show pretending to be authentic when the show is blatantly scripted and acted out. I'm amazed at just how bad a large percentage of people are at detecting bs in these fake reality shows. As there are plenty of things that I'm less than stellar at as well, analyzing human beings and being able to detect authenticity is second nature to me (lie detection as well) and this is a blatantly fake show I would bet my life on it. It only took less than a minute to easily conclude that this is 100% without a doubt a fake reality show. I still endured the entire first episode, but that's as far as I go.... fake shows are painful to watch when you know they're fake.

This type of thing is a gargantuan peeve of mine. Genuine reality shows are almost impossible to find. There's a spectrum as to how manipulated a reality show is. This is a 100% phony/manipulated reality show, which is unwatchable for me. To those who aren't able to see through the bs, more power to you. Perhaps you could watch this show and get some entertainment value out of it.

One of the most authentic reality shows, ironically is the Joe Schmo Show 1 & 2, which is a scripted show with actors except for the schmo who isn't in on the script. The first 2 seasons of this show are diamonds in the rough. I'm always curious to see if there's anything else out there that's genuine in this realm when I came across this show and decided to check it out and low and behold it's one of the many phony ones. I checked out The Mole as well which turned out to be a phony show as well... to be fair I only checked out one of the later seasons, so it's possible that the show didn't start off this way and transitioned into a fake reality show, but odds are it probably was from the start, but you never know. My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance is another one of the few authentic ones... entertainment wise it turned out decent, but at least it's authentic.
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