Thursday, May 29, 2008 || Why 'The Hills' won't change
While critics have complained that "The Hills" is disingenuous because it ignores the biggest reality about its cast - their fame - MTV's new programming head Tony DiSanto doesn't see it that way. And he has no intention of changing the formula that has made "The Hills" the first anchor show of his regime.
"The show purposely leaves out the fame life and leaves in the non-fame life," DiSanto said. "It's not a documentary about Lauren who is a star because she's on a show called 'The Hills.' "
DiSanto said closing the walls around the cast's fame becomes the yin to the yang of audiences reading about them in the gossip pages. From his point of view, those two factors combine to create a wider swath of interest.
But even DiSanto concedes that the cast's fame is taking years off the show's life.
"The bigger 'The Hills' becomes, the bigger the talent becomes, which makes the non-fame part of their world smaller, so it becomes more a challenge to shoot the show," said DiSanto.
posted by Lysandra @ 9:59 PM
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3 Comments:
Disanto is a fool.
No he is not. I think he is exactly right. We all know that they are famous now, but watching the show let's us see more on their inside lives. In my opinoin if the directors were to show how famous they are it would make the cast look hungry for attention. The show is fine the way it is!
He can't be that much of a fool because he has the biggest show of MTV on his hands whether people like it or not.
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