Myrtle Manor Gets Hit Hard With Reality

by Ryan Kohlmann
Myrtle Manor premiered March third and it had the social media booming. The local residents of Myrtle Beach seemed outraged that this show was supposed to be the image that the rest of the world had of Myrtle Beach.


 “I feel like it was supposed to be a show based on reality, but it all seemed scripted” said senior Ricky Singh. The first episode had a diverse amount of events; a crazy old lady going skinny dipping, rule breaking, drama between residents, and much more.

The characters seemed as artificial as every other scripted reality show. As some people flooded Twitter with their tweets, others sat and pondered, staring at the television. Although this television show seemed to get a lot of feedback, it seems most of the feedback was negative.

TLC stands for The Learning Channel, but the question is, what learning is taking place in Myrtle Manor? “It is kind of dumb,” said junior Andrew Bolchez.

Sophomore Blake Ryan said, “I went there two weeks before the show aired and one of the actors was sitting in the driveway of his trailer.”

Maybe the show is not completely fake, maybe people actually live their. “My friend went to Myrtle Manor and took pictures, it was completely abandoned,” said senior Patrick Kohlmann. Patrick also said, “The show was a total waste of time and it has horrible writing.”

In all, Myrtle Manor has a negative reaction; the show is staged and depicts a terrible symbol of Myrtle Beach. Myrtle Beach is a beautiful place with beautiful people, this show is a disgrace and disrespectful towards the people who grew up here. As the rest of the world’s opinion on the show is unknown at this time, probably because nobody else watched it, I know that the majority of St. James is opposed to the thought of Myrtle Manor defining the culture of our hometown.