Is 'realism' being overdone in tv and novels?

That is pretty good....

I think earlier on, we had mentions about cynicism being more prevalent than a sense of pervading realism, and I tend to agree with that. I don't know if people I know see the world more cynically and don't actually believe that there's positive things in the world, but I know at least two people personally whom I think I could attribute that to.

As for myself, I've chosen to be positive like McNum and Rian Frostdrake have mentioned. And I've had a heck of a lot of reasons to be negative and just give up. I had both my parents pass away on me within eighteen months of each other back in 2005, and I became profoundly depressed for a very long while.

I can say from personal experience being positive is indeed a choice and I choose to view my life more positively as a result.

I suppose then that there's an argument that I may not want to experience the other end of the spectrum because I've been so inundated in it, but that's not true. One of the largest reasons I believe I have for feeling so concerned about the (for want of a better term) embracing of this cynical sort of 'entertainment' is that it's just that. It feels dehumanising to watch or read about people or characters essentially suffering for no good purpose or reason.

I genuinely learned and grew as a person from losing my parents because I learned (admittedly the hard way) about mortality and letting go. The thing I see in these shows and books is that these people rarely if ever learn and they inevitably must go through more. And why? To make people feel less miserable about themselves? Or that this is a world view that an apparent majority/minority share?

I don't know, but I'm more than willing to hear more as to why it seems to be so prevalent.


S.

The only thing that annoys me with "realism" is when there's rampant infidelity/sleeping around/affairs/etc... There's something about cheating on a person that just irritates me to no end.