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I felt like it was a call to duty.
Of course, one might argue thatBig Brotherand its celeb-ified spinoff are not political shows.
But those whispers were inevitably followed by, Damn, shes really good at this game.
Omarosa has often been dealt with in the same fashion.
(At least theyre notsupposedto be, though one could arguethats exactly what motivates Trump.)
But what does it mean if those voters view politics through an its all a game lens?
Reality TV hardly bears sole responsibility for creating that lens.
So have thepoliticians themselves.
(Even though it actually is.)
Thats how competition shows of this sort have always worked.
Is Ross going to be on our side?
Which, at this point, should be all of us.
There was one Omarosa moment, so far, onCelebrity Big Brotherthat came across as genuinely revealing.
It wasnt hard when he called me and was like, can you be onboard?
Because Id just been used and abused by the Ready for Hillary organization.
She got dumped by her first alliance, so she joined another one.
In the world of reality television, there is no meaning or set of principles behind alliances.
You choose which ones to latch onto based on how likely they are to keep you afloat.
