The binding glue

You see a reality show where the participants are in tears when their performance is not great, or they are asked to leave. Or, when they burst out happily smiling on knowing they are safe or they did great. Just think about a show where the eliminated participant just leaves, without saying a word. Would you rather prefer that? Or would you prefer them expressing their feelings before they leave. Would you like seeing a reality show with just the tasks and no dialogues, no narratives. I bet no. What we like the most in reality shows is the bit that everyone is supposedly expressing the real thing, as it exists. There's always an argument on the construct of these shows, on how they are made/tweaked to increase the TRP's. But, the fact remains, people love seeing the natural expression, the impromptu feeling, the honest emotion.

In movies, the parts which get the most audience adulation are the ones where the protagonist displays the relevant emotion in the most fitting way. That which differentiates a good movie from a "not good" movie is how good is the expression of the relevant emotion, be it anger, love, regret, happiness, jealousy, sadness, fear etc. It is only then we are able to connect or relate with the character. It is only then we enjoy watching what they want us to see.

In books, be it a biography, a fiction novel or a non-fiction, that what grips a reader is the honesty of the emotions involved. The connect between the opinions, characters or plot is the emotional anchor on which the book is written. If these books we love reading didn't have one such anchor, they would all become a subject, a dead one.

Its only obvious that what makes people tick are these emotions. We survive because of them. Our lives rotate around them, and that is how we prefer living. They are the binding glue in our otherwise isolated lives.