"Is dis what itz all about, moin? Eating? Fucking? Sleeping? Snorting?"

Sorry, already saw this when it was called...HIGH SCHOOL! I just can't get into some reality shows, and this is definitely one of them.

While I have heard David Letterman jokes about two girls in something called "The Hills," that's all I knew. I just found out by clicking on this article that the show is on MTV. And I live in Los Angeles county. Why is this being covered in Salon? Do the Salon.com and "The Hills" demographics overlap?

Finally, Salon, like, totally has an article on my fave show (other than "Hannah Montana", "My Super Sweet 16" and "Paris does Paris"), the Hills! Fun!

I so, like, totalllllly relate to Lauren. She has soooo many problems, to, like, deal with!! Nobody in this world has more dramatic, heart-rending, TV-worthy struggles than, like, rich white teenage American girls who are famous and lionized for....wait for it...appearing on a reality TV show. Nobody!

Chinese quake victims? Myanmar cyclone relief debacle? As if!!!!

I mean, okay, sad, but, like, this is Salon.com - where u find news that totally matters. Like, how sad was Lo when Lauren talked behind her back? Pain. Sad. Totally.

Luvz,

Salon's BFF LiLofanatic83

From the Salon Fact Sheet:

"Salon, the award-winning online news and entertainment Web site, combines original investigative stories, breaking news, provocative personal essays and highly respected criticism along with popular staff-written blogs about politics, technology and culture." (emphasis added)

SO, my question is, why do the letter columns for any culture article end up filled with smug comments decrying Salon's coverage of pop culture? Do you people write these letters to Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, et al., which all have extensive coverage of non-news topics? Hell, even The Economist had an Arts section.

Why should the ENTERTAINMENT section of a magazine not cover entertainment?

I don't mind Salon talking about it, but they could do so with some degree of insight and critical approach.

You think this is some kind of reality show? For real? Am I missing some irony here?

They're actors and actresses playing roles. Shitty, stunted and faux-natural dialog should not fool an adult into ignoring the high-production values, comic book scenarios and the fact that everything down to the last detail is designed to appeal to 11 year old girls.