Reality TV… School?

When I saw this, I thought it had to be a joke – but apparently, it’s not. Now, all of those hopefuls who can’t understand why they haven’t been chosen for all those Reality shows they’ve tried out for can now pony up $300 bucks to learn the things necessary at the New York Reality TV School.

While they admit that it’s difficult to make the cut – hard to imagine when there’s 10s of 1000s trying out for 16 slots on a show (…that was sarcasm, for those who aren’t used to my particular brand of snark…) – The NYReality TV School promises to tech techniques to help the individual vastly improve their chances that I’ll make fun of them on some show or another.

Led by Robert Galinsky, who’s the founder and head teacher, he says the mission is:

to train and develop non-actors and actors, through the spectrum of experiences a reality TV contestant/actor will face: from creating and submitting your tape, to the audition, to the many interviews you’ll go through and the actual show.

Nice. A school to show people how to properly make a jackass out of themselves…

NYRTVS trains students to be exciting confident members of Reality TV casts and to have a strong understanding of the specific technical principles and professional aspects of acting and how it translates to being cast on a reality TV show. Students will work rigorously through coaching sessions and on camera exercises in order to readily showcase the dynamic qualities of their personalities and to be able to shine, showcase and supercede the expectations of cast mates, producers and audiences. To this end NYRTVS provides a uniquely designed curriculum and a super knowledgeable and experienced staff for it’s students.

The New York Reality TV School is the only organization of its kind and is pioneering the development of reality TV training in order for professionals and beginners to take their place as exciting, confident and vibrant real people/entertainers on any reality TV show.

Some of the workshops include “Improvisation andReality TV Conflict”, “On Set Training and the Audition Tape”, as well as Tape Viewing and Guest Lecture Q and A’s.

I think they’re missing some – how about “How to make an ass out of yourself by getting drunk off of 2 beers.” or maybe “Making offensive comments then acting surprised at the controversy” or even “How to be secretly evil while remaining outwardly clueless.” Oh I know! “How to act like an A-List Star while remaining a Z-List celeb!” One thing is for sure – someone needs to tell the website designers that RED and BLUE on BLACK is hard to read. Ouch.

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