Levine

While the article states that shows like Laguna Beach have "meaning without meaning", couldn't it be possible that since the characters are constructed to have such obvious traits like "the shy one" or "the bitchy one" that whomever the viewers sees themselves most like, they might be attributing their own characteristics to the characters?

If shows like Laguna Beach are constructed to be like a soap opera, why not actually script them for more entertainment instead of making "drama" out of somewhat unrelated clips? Do people really care that they're "real"?