Real life Vs entertainment

[SomeRandom]

I suppose it’s inevitable. You watch a show or read a book and you think the best of all the characters. Give them the benefit of the doubt. Young and naive, it doesn’t occur to you to apply real life expectations upon them.
Then you grow up, learn a bit more about the “real world” and suddenly the entertainment you once loved is tainted.

So I thought we could commiserate together lol

What happened when real life crashed into the entertainment you once loved?
An author arrested? A tv celebrity being a jerk and crashing their image for you?
A movie about a subject that, once you learned more about, disgusted you in hindsight?
Whatever you like.

I think for me a big one is police procedurals. I loved them as a kid. Still do. But with the recent ahem “scandals” not just in the US but my own country. It’s a bit hard now to look past the black and white morality and indeed the propaganda-like nature of them. Especially the US produced ones (no offence. Just an observation.)

Historical fiction is another interesting one for me.
Sometimes the author might lighten the mood by adding in comedy. Not always fun to research the background, let’s just put it that way. Lol

What about you guys? Let me know when your illusion was shattered

 

[Sand Dancer]

I didn't really know what to think, but when I worked with Scott Baio on three episodes of Diagnosis Murder, I realized he's a jerk. Won't acknowledge a mistake, makes faces at people who he thinks are ugly, ignores people when they talk to him. I don't know why people have to be that way.

I used to be really pro-police, but now I acknowledge they are people, just like everyone else, and there are good ones and bad ones. It's hard when certain people are seen as an "authority" figure, then they are totally biased, selfish, etc, and you realize that you can't necessarily trust what they say.