Not married in real life.
Also not married in real life
So, the surprisingly quick end (72 hours can be a long time actually) of TV character Kim Kardashian’s wedding to “alleged” NBA player Kris Humprhies is creating a bit of a backlash, maybe because people feel the marriage might have been about something other than love.
Frankly, I don’t get it. As I’ve argued before, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians is the most traditional sitcom on the air right now, with a structure that makes Leave it to Beaver look inventive. Every story has 3 predictable arcs, usually focused on something very mundane (like one sister being jealous of the other, or a fight over cleaning up the garage), culminating with complete resolution and lessons learned. Given that this “unscripted” series is in fact a traditional sitcom, why are we surprised when what happens on the show doesn’t carry over into reality? Just because Kim Kardashian’s character on the show got married to Kris Humphries character (for simplicity, everyone’s character name is the same as their real name), doesn’t mean they are going to stay married in real life. Newsflash: Jim and Pam got married on the Office, but John Krasinski isn’t married to Jenna Fischer in real life.
I mean, do I need to remind everyone what we tell little kids when they get confused about what they see on TV? It’s just a TV show. It’s not real. The exception to his is of course the Real Housewives of Whatever City–you know that’s real because they put the word Real in the title of the show.