Debbie Does Salad

Reading Summary:

Barbara Nitke noticed that porn films and Food Network shows shared similar characteristics. The color and texture of the way many food is portrayed on the Food Network resembled that of porn. When couples will feed each other food, Nitke said they stretch the moment out. In both cases, you also can’t have too much storyline, because it distracts from the porn or the food. Rachel Ray even has popular photos of her in underwear licking chocolate syrup from a spoon.

Outside Example:

It was really hard to find an example for this, because I feel like this article was very unique. When I was younger, The Wizards of Waverly Place was my favorite show. On Disney Channel, they showed a behind the scenes of how they filmed the magic carpet scene. At the time, I was really upset because I didn’t think it was that cool and didn’t want to think about how the scene was filmed, because it took away the aspect of magic.

Connection to Reading:

The reading talks about how most people don’t really think about what happens behind the scenes. For example, the article said that in porn, the same shot is often shown repeatedly, but it’s because viewers want more. Similarly, this same tactic is also used with filming food. Knowing this would probably make it less interesting to watch, because it reinforces the idea that it’s not real and makes it less interesting knowing that you’ve already seen the same shot. Similarly, knowing how the magic carpet scene was filmed made it less interesting for me to watch and took away some of the “magic.”