Ever since I quit my full-time job, cooking and watching T.V have been my favorite activities. As I browsed through channels, E! is one channel where I always look for something fun to watch. Some gossip, some real life drama or some useful tips on what (not) to wear etc… One of the popular shows on that channel is “Running in heels.”
In all honesty, I started watching this show only cause of its title. Running in heels. To me, this clearly meant things people do to survive in corporate world. This reality show was about 3 girls, Talita, Samantha & Ashely in NYC interning for a fashion magazine called Marie Claire. What they captured on show was the reality of what an intern goes through in real world. Alongside, it clearly highlights the attitude of others’ towards interns, tension between interns, cold shoulders and my touch point that gets the TRP scoring- the sabotaging.
I have closely followed all the episodes and it’s been quite entertaining. Today was the final episode of the season. One of the interns would get a chance to continue working with Marie Claire & the lucky name was to be revealed.
Joana, Chief Editor of the magazine, a tough critic observed girls closely and would decide on which one to pick. It was towards the end of last episode, that she met all the interns and scrutinized each of them based on their performances. These were her comments on them; Samantha- smart, sweet, approachable and a good writer; Tolita- proactive, deligent, but challenged in grammar & spellings; Ashley- Talented, hard working and good presentation skills.What shocked me the most was what followed first line of comments.Samantha, had more of PR skills, she was not really meant for a ‘magazine’ world. Ashley, along with her talent and hard work she was also a gifted sabotage. There was not a single time she missed out on elbowing someone else to get where she wanted. Tolita, yes, she did have to polish her skills but has proven herself to be hardworking, dedicated & humane individual.
As a typical TV buff, was was glued to the TV through out the advertisements (which I usually skip) to know who would be the one. Her feedback was very generic and neutral. Talita was the winner. She was chosen to be Marie Claire’s correspondent in the West Coast.
I was Happy to here that, not because I secretly admired one of them and hence wanted Talita to get this job, but there was more of personal agenda attached to it. Somewhere deep down inside, there was something about the climax that I strongly believed in and followed in every given chance. According Joanna, the editor-in-chief and the benevolent dictator of the magazine, had simple yet basic reasons for choosing Talita. Honesty, persistence and hard-work. I’ve personally been part of corporate world and seen people right from lowest to the highest level, nice-est to the mean-est, lethargic ones to the most active ones. Irrespective of the level, something that always mattered and appreciated was the human-ness of every individual. Talita, was not the super talented or gifted-by-birth kinds, she certainly had all the characteristics that I personally endorsed. In the end, her honesty & niceness paid off really well!
As per the skills, yes they are important assests but can also be superficial or easily acquired.
I guess these ARE ‘Reality Show’ for a reason!
