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Author: NightNymph

Jun 8th 2012 at 6:25:21 PM

Lyendith: I see you added my StylisticSuck comment (thank you), but I don't think I explained that correctly. For example, with the MILF Island example, the reality show in-universe is popular, but we the audience (and most likely the show executives putting it on) know that it's pretty sleazy (and want it to be so). Therefor to illustrate that, the quality of MILF Island is noteably sleazier than 30 Rock itself.

In the case of this trope, the StylisticSuck may be a sort of an aesop kind of thing. The ImmoralRealityShow will be brutal, sleazy, intrusive, etc. in style to designate it as such, but the morality of the movie, TV show, book, etc. that the reality show is in will be illustrating how immoral and wrong this show is (usually - I can't think of any examples where the immoral reality show is glorified or considered a good thing rather than villified, but I suppose there could be an example like that somewhere.) This is where the StylisticSuck comes in. Otherwise if the show-within-the-show is done in the same style or moral voice as the rest of the show (although this could also be the case, so StylisticSuck may not always apply), then the moral of the story may not have as much impact.