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Reality
It has been a very busy work week with several hours of overtime.
A young woman arrives at the office last night and looks at me after talking with my senior partner and states to me: 'You are strong'.
Yes, I look like 'The Thing' from the Fantastic Four, according to one of my friends.
This young woman had jumped her vehicle over a barrier in the parkade and it took my senior colleague and two employees from the fitness room to lift the vehicle back over the barrier.
My colleague dealt with this issue, as it was his issue.
The last parkade 'jumper' occurred a few months ago and my senior colleague and I ended up pushing her car back over the barrier just prior to our shift beginning.
But I had been laughing so hard watching the events unfold as my vehicle was behind hers in the cue entering the building.
It was quite the show with the spinning tires.
Theological and philosophical lesson...
Persons are finite and sinful.
In a security course I took this week the corporate instructor stated that the field of security demonstrates again and again that people are stupid.
I would state that theologically and philosophically because of the fall and results (Genesis, Romans) people are idiotic to varying degrees as finite and sinful.
Non-Reality
When I arrive home late at night from my corporate security shift, prior to sleep I head downstairs to have a late night snack and to check up on my Mother that I homecare for as well.
She sometimes watches home repair programs such as Property Brothers, which seems to be a reasonable show.
Love It or List It Vancouver/Love It or List It, Too, in the United States, seems semi-realistic, although it appears to feature mainly high-priced homes in Vancouver and the North Shore area from the few episodes I have seen.
And usually on a sunny Spring or Summer day.
So, that means with the overcast weather and rain in the area, approximately eight months of the year are out for filming, as is most of Metropolitan Vancouver.
Including Maple Ridge and Surrey.
Love It or List It, which is from Toronto is another story.
I do enjoy seeing the geographic area of Southern Ontario and how the homes and housing prices compare to the Metropolitan Vancouver area.
Hooked On Houses March 28 2013
Cited
Is HGTV’s “Love It or List It” Fake?
'This is one of the top searches that brings people to my blog for answers each day: “Is Love It or List It fake?” Apparently there are a lot of people out there who 1) watch the popular show on HGTV and 2) aren’t buying that all the drama in the episodes is real.'
'Let’s put it this way: these kinds of shows are entertainment. They are not documentaries.
'And if you really believe that the same basic pattern plays out naturally in every episode–the homeowners don’t trust Hilary’s plan, they hate the first house David shows them, Hilary runs into a major construction/financial problem that requires eliminating one of the projects she promised the homeowners she’d do, and then David finds them their dream house–well, I have a bridge to sell you. I’ve heard rumors that two endings are always filmed, with the homeowners saying both “We’re going to love it!” and “We’re going to list it!” Then the producers choose which one to air during the final edit. So…if that’s true (and I don’t know for sure), then the outcome has nothing to do with what happened in real life. At least not all the time.'
End Citations
The realtor, David, is particularly funny and is also a very good home tour guide.
Starcasem February 6, 2014
Cited
Is Love It or List It fake?
'Although David and Hilary’s credentials are very real, some aspects of the show are staged.
'This shouldn’t be a major shock to viewers, considering each show follows a pattern: Hilary and David are shocked by the homeowners’ expectations, but claim they can get the job done. Hilary runs into a problem with the renovation. David shows a lackluster house. Hilary and David both pull through and the homeowners are torn, but decide whether to “love it” or “list it.”'
'Some people have commented that homeowners’ decisions are almost always predetermine. One woman who supposedly had inside knowledge told Hooked on Houses that some never even intend to move.“(They) signed up for the show so they could get their renovations done at a discount. I’m not sure what the actual discount is, perhaps lower labor costs, but it’s cheaper than if they had hired an independent contractor to do the work.”There are other rumors that homeowners film two endings — one saying “love it” and one saying “list it” — and producers decide which to air.
'The official word is that everything is authentic.“The show is not at all scripted and the reactions of the homeowners to renovation realities and bad news is very real,” Hilary told Women in Business.'
End Citations
The program is not a documentary.
The program is entertaining and educational to some degree, certainly.
But the program is another lesson that reality television is not really full reality.
It is drama based staged reality, which is really non-reality.
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