Reality shows – whose reality are they? Definitely not mine, or most of my friends’. We have a better reality. The latest horror to pass as reality, “Temptation Island,” invites young, attractive in-love couples to test their readiness “to commit to each other for life.” They evidently test themselves by lounging around on some beach somewhere with a bunch of other half-naked couples “testing” everybody else’s significant other.
This is like vampires testing their resistance by hanging out in blood banks!
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