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Reality matters : 19 writers come clean about the shows we can't stop watching / edited by Anna David ; foreword by James Frey.

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Reality matters : 19 writers come clean about the shows we can't stop watching / edited by Anna David ; foreword by James Frey.
Publication
New York, NY : It Books, 2010.

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Additional Authors
  • David, Anna.
  • Frey, James, 1969-
  • Albert, John, 1964-
  • Bunn, Austin.
  • De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971-
  • Dunn, Jancee
  • Gillette, Amelie.
  • Grenrock Woods, Stacey, 1968-
  • Leitch, Will
  • Lisanti, Mark.
  • Mandelker, Ben.
  • Merrill, Wendy.
  • Olen, Helaine.
  • Pollack, Neal, 1970-
  • Rushfield, Richard.
  • Sorgatz, Rex.
  • Stahl, Jerry.
  • Strauss, Neil
Description
xxi, 182 p.; 21 cm.
Summary
Collects essays on reality television programs and their personal appeal, including articles on a casting call for the "Real World" and sympathizing with contestants of "Sober House."
Subject
Reality television programs > History and criticism
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Poverty in the time of The real housewives of New York City (The real housewives of New York City) / Stacey Grenrock Woods -- Faketastic (The hills) / Melissa De La Cruz) -- Billie Jeanne is not my lover (Married by America) / Neal Pollack -- The cutting crew (Project runway) / Jancee Dunn -- Show boat (The other boat race) / Toby Young -- The biting hand (Dog Whisperer) / Will Leitch -- Honest, honey, I'm not gay, I just like watching half-naked buff guys with full-body ink (Lockup) / Jerry Stahl -- Becoming a lady (Ladette to lady) / Amelie Gillette -- Shelly (Big brother) / Ben Mandelker -- Joining the real world (The real world) / Anna David -- Gameboy (Survivor) / Austin Bunn -- The after-party (Sober house) / John Albert -- I dream of Stacy (What not to wear) / Helaine Olen -- Idolatry (American idol) / Richard Rushfield -- How to survive a bachelor party (The bachelor) / Wendy Merrill -- Gym, tan, laundry (Jersey shore) / Mark Lisanti -- Corrupted reality (Storm watch) / Rex Sorgatz -- Dog the bounty hunter hunter (Dog the bounty hunter) / Neil Strauss.
ISBN
  • 9780061766640
  • 006176664X
OCLC
  • 428024003
  • SCSB-12264918
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library