聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Wow.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 It鈥檚 amazing how popular reality TV shows are. I mean Survivor is into its 32nd season or something completely ridiculous, but there are a ridiculous amount of reality television out there these days. There鈥檚 talent shows, cooking shows, fishing shows, survival shows, modeling shows, dating shows like the Bachelor, and pretty much any kind of reality show you can think of.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I remember that type of television was just kicking off really when I was in high school as Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie got up to some normal tasks, which they did in very abnormal ways in 鈥淭he Simple Life.鈥� For instance they work at a dairy and end up completely ruining the farmer鈥檚 milk supply. I very much hope the show reimbursed him for that. But this seemed to kick off the reality shows, which were followed with 鈥淟aguna Beach,鈥� 鈥淭he Hills,鈥� and 鈥淭he City.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Back then was when 鈥淜eeping Up with the Kardashians鈥� first started although I have never seen an episode that family has probably one of the most high profiles in the U.S. I do remember, however, watching the first season of 鈥淪urvivor,鈥� 鈥淭he Bachelor,鈥� 鈥淏eauty and the Geek,鈥� and Tyra Banks鈥� 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Next Top Model.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 And now, you won鈥檛 believe what kind of reality show they鈥檙e coming up with鈥� A new reality television show from Spain is actually taking aspiring nuns entering convents and following them in the series. Will the women join the convent or not, in the reality show 鈥淚 Want To Be A Nun.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I understand that people have a calling to serve their faith and the women being followed in this series feel they have a religious calling. So, the television show is using convents in Madrid, Granada, and Alicante for these women to spend six weeks with resident nuns.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 They鈥檒l take part in all of the activities associated with being a nun such as caring for hundreds of children in a nursery/preschool, live in a 500-year-old closed order, and work with missionaries who have a calling in Bolivia.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The producer figures a reality show is a way to 鈥渟hine a spotlight on a group 鈥榬arely seen鈥� on television鈥� according to the BBC article, 鈥淪panish reality show follows aspiring nuns.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In a sense this is true, but at the same time it seems quite odd to me that a reality show will follow the inner workings of a religious practice through prospective nuns.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Apparently Sister Cristina Scuccia won the Italian version of The Voice and Sister Florinda Ruiz competed in the Mexican series of MasterChef, but somehow nuns participating in these shows feels different than following women wanting to become nuns.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I understand that it鈥檚 a way to look at what nuns do and their lives, which isn鈥檛 something a lot of people would understand or know about, but doing a reality show on it somehow feels odd and I can鈥檛 really articulate that further. It just seems odd to me to do a reality show focused on a religious practice I suppose. 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽
