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Reality tv shows is a genre of  television programming which presents unscripted dramatic situations and documents actual events. It covers a wide range of programming formats, from game or quiz shows  to surveillance productions. They portray a modified and highly influenced form of reality.  Who can make more money in the shortest time? Who can overcome the fear of height?  Who can swim faster or can lose more weight? Who can gorge a bucket full of disgusting insects?

There are many of such productions on television generating hefty revenues for the networks. This new genre is cost effective and popular, the two features Entertainment corporations like best.  People do anything for money specially if it is on television. There is no limit of what the show producers can make people do. What motivates people is insatiable greed. Millions sign up to enter the competitions, and a few lucky ones get in and a handful of participants become rich and famous. That is a win-win proposition for both parties.

Since there are so many popular reality shows, the producers relentlessly look for new ideas. They travel around the world for inspirations and crave for ingenious ideas.

To me it doesn’t matter what the idea is as long as I can get millions of people to watch it. The competition is tough, so It  must be innovative to glue millions to their TV sets on prime time.

One early morning on my way to work, I happened to notice a homeless man sleeping on the sidewalk, a scene I’d witnessed thousands of times but this one inspired me. Why not reverse the course of all reality shows. Why not swim against the flow and instead of promoting greed, encourage compassion and bring the humanity in people for a change. I wondered, a reality show that promotes generosity and selflessness instead of greed and voracity. A concept like could draw millions of viewers and secure our network’s position as the leader in the industry.

I was hesitant to see Alice in Wonderland in the theaters because I’m such a fan of the original and not really a big Tim Burton fan, so since I watch movies on demand on direct tv all the time, I chose to wait for it. I’m glad that I did.

Johnny Depp as the Madhatter was something that everyone should see. I loved how he portrayed my favorite character in the original movie. He was brilliantly funny and captured the essence of the Madhatter. Helena Boham Carter portrayal of the Red Queen was terrific. I knew that she would do a fantastic job because the role suits her.

I originally thought that Tim Burton would make Alice in Wonderland similar and dark like his other movies and I didn’t want to see that because when I think of Alice in Wonderland, I always see bright colors and beautiful imagery. However, Tim Burton brought that same element to his version of Alice in Wonderland which I am very thankful for.

I knew that this version of Alice in Wonderland would be nothing like the original for a few reasons, including the director and the fact that it’s not a cartoon for children. I think that they did a wonderful job on the animations and the costumes were fabulous. However it did stray from the original in ways that I was not expecting but I won’t say it was bad because overall, I thought the movie was a good watch.