A．remain fascinated by themB．are ready to face up to th……
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In the world of
entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on
daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each
one varies in style and format. But no two shows are more profoundly opposite in
content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry
Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows.
Jerry Springer could
easily be considered the king of "trash talk". The topics on his show are as
shocking as ,shocking can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk
show themes of love, sex, cheating, guilt, hate, conflict and morality to a
different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is a display and exploitation
of society’s moral catastrophes, yet people are willing to eat up the intriguing
predicaments of other people’s lives.
Like Jerry Springer, Oprah
Winfrey takes TV talk show to its extreme, but Oprah goes in the opposite
direction. The show focuses on the improvement of society and an individual’s
quality of life. Topics range from teaching your children responsibility,
managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.
Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being
dumped on society. Jerry ends every show with a "final word". He makes a small
speech that sums up the entire moral of the show. Hopefully, this is the part
where most people will learn something very valuable.
Clean as
it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show’s main target audience are
middle-class Americans. Most of these people have the time, money, and stability
to deal with life’s tougher problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has
mole of an association with the young adults of society. These are 18-to
21.year-olds whose main troubles ill life involve love, relationship, sex, money
and peers. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned
underneath the show’s exploitation.
While the two shows are as
different as night and day, both have ruled the talk show circuit for many years
now. Each one caters to a different audience while both have a strong following
from large groups of fans. Ironically, both could also be considered pioneers in
the talk show world.
Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear distasteful, the audience______.
A．remain fascinated by them
B．are ready to face up to them
C．remain indifferent to them
D．are willing to get involved in them
