I heard the news. It didn't strike me much, but I was never that into the ANS show.
Reality TV all about getting invested in other people's lives, and we obviously do, because we watch. If we didn't keep watching it, they wouldn't keep making it. It's a vicious cycle.
I don't think there's anything odd about you feeling Daniel's death acutely, in part because no one should die at 20 and in part because you sorta kinda feel like you knew the kid. He could be you or me, if our parents were way more f-ed up.
Plus there's the allure of mystery. Whodunnit, how did they dunnit, and what was dun? If the Bahamian investigation rises to the usual standards of Caribbean justice, these will be enduring questions.
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Date: 2006-09-13 10:21 pm (UTC)Reality TV all about getting invested in other people's lives, and we obviously do, because we watch. If we didn't keep watching it, they wouldn't keep making it. It's a vicious cycle.
I don't think there's anything odd about you feeling Daniel's death acutely, in part because no one should die at 20 and in part because you sorta kinda feel like you knew the kid. He could be you or me, if our parents were way more f-ed up.
Plus there's the allure of mystery. Whodunnit, how did they dunnit, and what was dun? If the Bahamian investigation rises to the usual standards of Caribbean justice, these will be enduring questions.