Is it just me, or do you agree that the whole idea of “reality” shows has grown stale. There are just too many of them and most of them amount to nothing but “popularity” shows and not “reality” ones. But for some reason, Malaysia seems to be coming up with wacky ideas for random shows. I guess that it shouldn’t surprise me one bit as we all like our dose of sandiwara reality.
But I think that this newest one, called D’Graduate is too weird for me. First of all, the name, which I think is a totally confused title. It’s trying to do a French by dropping the ‘e’ from ‘De’ but that’s the wrong article to use anyway. I guess it’s just some person trying to do a phonetic sounding ‘The’ by choosing to use a letter ‘D’ instead but then, it is the wrong pronunciation for it as well.
Then, the whole idea of turning job interviews into a popularity contest, doesn’t quite resonate with me. Instead of hiring the person who is right for the job, the most popular person would get the job instead. Anyone willing to take bets that the winner will most likely be a sweet looking girl? Therefore, it is no wonder that the winner will only get a 6-month contract as a management trainee.
I wonder if any of the participants actually know that according to the labour law, 6-months is the length of the probation period for any job in Malaysia. So, most employers would expect the employee to learn during this period and only confirm an employee after the 6-months, which then entitles them to various protections under the law. So, this 6-month contract doesn’t actually mean much at all.
However, the whole idea of making a reality show out of job interviews, is rather amazing. I really have to give props to the person who came up with this idea. It gives everyone else the opportunity to learn about how not to handle job interviews, which will prove quite useful. I’m hopeless at job interviews as well. I’m just hoping that my luck will change soon, like really soon.
Sybreon Ones Nought 
Almost completely off topic, but there’s a Korean reality show that I’m watching that’s very funny. It’s called ‘We got married’ and the ‘contestants’ are celebrities who have been paired up with other celebrities whom they didn’t know in a personal context before. Then they spend one day filming every two weeks, doing things that newly married couples might do – move house, go shopping, go on bike rides, etc. They don’t have any say in who they get paired up with although it’s obvious that the producers have put some thought into the pairings. It’s quite funny and interesting to see how the relationships develop as the couples get to know each other better and become more comfortable with each other. All the celebrities involved are single (outside of the show) but they really do have to think of themselves as ‘married’ during the filming period. I think it’s actually quite well thought out and the format of the programme is good too.
I think it’s also very illuminating into what is the current culture, if you like, in relationships in Korea. Arranged marriages are still very common in Korea, and so this show isn’t quite as far-fetched as it might seem here in ‘the West’. Also, Koreans are more particular about seniority and respect for people older than themselves (even if only by a year) and this comes across during the filming as well.
Highly recommended! (It’s on crunchyroll.com and probably other streaming websites)
^_^
evil.. introduce me to a show.. how am i ever supposed to finish my write up like this!
Oops. You saw right through me 😛