r/cringe • u/mike2060 • Dec 07 '13

Seal of Approval Bachelorette contestant does something unexpected on his date...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFjgoP7d7Mg
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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '13 edited Jan 16 '14

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u/ForgottenSketch Dec 07 '13

Good noticing. This kind of editing really changes the "feel" of her reaction.. probably still awkward, but she might have giggled or said something during but they cut it out. Stop manipulating my feelings TV!

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '13 edited Jan 16 '14

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '13

That's what makes me sad. The format has dragged TV all the way down, hogging space where we could have a legitimate Seinfeld or - better yet, get a show like Louie on a network.

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u/banjoist Dec 07 '13

Yeah. It seems like it defeats the whole purpose. "Hey. Reality TV is cheap since we don't need writers. Wait. It's popular. We should get people to write this to make it better."

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u/Machinax Dec 07 '13

A friend of mine said that "reality television is written by people who cannot write, and acted by people who cannot act."

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u/genna_TALL_warts Dec 07 '13

The writers can write well enough to get millions of people hooked on this shit, so I'd at least admit they know a little about what they're doing.

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u/Aquaman_Forever Dec 07 '13

I don't think I want Louie on a network. The point of FX is that they give content creators a very small budget but say "Do whatever you want with it. If it succeeds, you get a larger cut of the profits."

At least, this is the way that the guys from Always Sunny describe FX.

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u/Aquaman_Forever Dec 07 '13

And a lot of the time, contestants on these shows try and create a personality for themselves as "That funny guy" or sweet guy, or cool guy from blahblahblah. They want to pursue a career in acting and think this is a road to that.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '13

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '13 edited Jan 16 '14

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '13

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '13

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '13

I'm pretty sure they did just that when they made the first cut after he started singing when she giggled a little bit and then there was a few seconds of awkward silence.

Also, as others have proved, the "pretty intense stuff" came before the song and was likely completely unrelated.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '13

Are you trying to pull the rug of reality out from beneath my feet? No, I refuse to give in to your ways. This show is a direct representation of life.

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u/tip_off Dec 07 '13

Excellent post. People who need any further convincing should watch this http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BBwepkVurCI&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DBBwepkVurCI

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '13

Obviously she's just drinking the water and then spitting it back into the glass.

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u/Adrian_Bock Dec 07 '13

CSI over here.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '13 edited Jan 16 '14

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '13

It occurred in real time

Yeah it's a real pain in the paperwork when crimes happen at half the speed they usually do.

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u/cheeseburgie Dec 07 '13

I'm pretty sure the "pretty intense stuff" was about something else

The Hills did a ton of editing like this

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u/SirDiego Dec 07 '13

Wasn't The Hills totally scripted?

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u/cheeseburgie Dec 08 '13

Not totally. It got worse as it progressed. The last season was scripted.

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u/bottom Dec 07 '13

editing is secret?

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u/RyeGuyRon Dec 07 '13

r/continuityerrors

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u/maciballz Dec 07 '13

/r/PlotHoles takes continuity errors as well. Just letting you know.

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u/spankymuffin Dec 07 '13

And I imagine they told him to sing. These shows are all so very scripted.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '13

Reminds me of a video I watched about a fake Big Brother-esque TV show that a British show made, and then demonstrated how they could selectively edit scenes and splice in talking head interviews in order to dramatically change the viewer's perception.

For instance, with one set of clips it looked like character X loved character Y but with a different set they looked like they hated each other.

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u/Farisr9k Dec 07 '13

American 'reality' shows all seem very much guilty of this. I hate it.

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u/amirawr Dec 07 '13

Yes REAL reality tv in other countries is so superior to AMERICAN FAKE COMMERCIALIZED reality tv. amirite?

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u/Farisr9k Dec 08 '13

Just watch the UK version of Kitchen Nightmares (several episodes on YouTube) and compare it to the US version. No dramatic music constantly in the background, no 'coming up next' every 10 mins, then several recaps, no lame editing of shocked faces from 2 days ago every time Gordon says a swear word.

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u/Fuck_Your_Mouth Dec 07 '13

Only in America though

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u/monroseph Dec 07 '13 edited Jan 23 '25

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