Shhhhh. Keep that down. We like to think we’re being genuinely entertained.
Actually, just this weekend my wife just learned that the most viral of videos are huge (YUGE?) money makers. One of the most famous is the one of the kid named Daniel who’s dad taped him coming out of dental anesthesia in the back seat of his car, and it netted ma and pa $150 large. (and counting).
Knowing that youtube-ers are in it for this kind of skin, I let her in on the slightly disappointing little secret; much of what we consume as entertainment on YT is likely staged. There’s simply too much money to be made. I am not saying it’s ALL staged, just that much of the prank and situationally-based humor has proven to be set up.
Please don’t tell me reality TV isn’t real. I’d have to take to my sick bed.
There’s one of a young teenaged girl coming out of having her wisdom teeth pulled. I don’t think THAT one was staged - though I’m sure it’s made somebody money; it was hilarious. She had her teeth in a cup, and was mourning them deeply, and feeling terrible that she had let them be lost :-)
-JT
How does one get paid for such stupidity?