Signs of Brilliance in the New Economy

This morning, I was reading an article in the New York Times about the new reality tv show on MTV entitled "Jersey Shore." Being a Jersey girl, I'm not at all insulted by the show. Without seeing it, I'm pretty sure that all the guidos and guidettes, even those who do not reside in New Jersey, accurately portray that small faction of New Jersey's population. I went to high school with people who looked exactly like them.

But the best part of the article was a quote by Robert Galinsky, owner of The New York Reality TV School. Did you know that there's a Reality TV School, and it's right here in the Big Apple? I was hit with the genius of the idea instantly. Traditional, corporate jobs may be drying up but Robert Galinsky saw an opportunity. New York and New Jersey are full of people with huge personalities, ripe for reality shows. What better way to earn money than by attracting those personalities and charging them a fee to teach them how to package and sell their own personalities on television?

Galinsky is an actor, lecturer and host of the famous Manhattan Monologue Slam. According to the Reality TV School's website, he has a knack for spotting talent.
Reality TV School''s perfection lies in its draw. The kind of people who want to be on reality tv are exactly the audience for this type of school. The school's website says its mission is to train and develop actors and nonactors through the spectrum of experiences a reality TV contestant will face.... about finding and highlighting what makes you unique, building your confidence and examining how you package yourself so you can best get cast on the show of your choosing.

This is the business of the future. Helping develop non-actors into packaged personalities with the savvy and confidence to succeed on reality tv has got to be a zillion dollar business. I love it. I wish I'd have thought of it. I wonder if Robert Galinsky is interested in franchising.