No! Really? Reality?
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At The Bangor Daily News, Alex Steed marvels at how “reality television,” which was always unreal, has become political reality. Here’s just a bit:
Back in 2009, on the radio show “This American Life,” writer Rich Juzwiak said of the now-classic reality TV trope: “What makes, ‘I’m not here to make friends’ quintessential reality TV is that it’s impossible to imagine ever saying it in real life.”
And so, seven years later, it would fit right in this election season, would it not?