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This 5 page critique on reality television draws on other critics, but ends with praise for the new genre. Several shows are discussed including Survivor and Big Brother. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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critics, but ends with praise for the new genre. Several shows are discussed including Survivor and Big Brother. Bibliography lists 4 sources. SA 129rTV.rtf Columnist and novelist
Anna Quindlen has not been intrigued by the new trend in television some call reality television. In fact, Quindlen wrote in a Newsweek article:" Never watched Survivor. never will. whats
the point? Ive eaten bugs inadvertently myself, dozing in the hammock by the pond on a muggy summer evening" (2001, p.74). While many had the same reaction to the initiator
of the reality TV genre, Survivor, many others followed the antics of the two tribes that slowly combined into one. In the
first Survivor series that premiered in the summer of 2000, by the time the group was whittled down to three or four, many were glued to their seats, wondering who
would win the money. In the end, the "naked gay guy" who rumor has it used sexuality as a strategy and may not be homosexual at all, won. The
older, retired, military man, Rudy, who disliked homosexuals, was one of the last holdouts and the group dynamics made for a great show. Many tuned in, and so Survivor 2
was born. About Survivor 2, Dan French says: " I love Survivor. To me it exemplifies exactly what television does better than any other medium in history, namely, take absolutely
inane human experience and make it entertaining enough to hold, even rivet, our attention" (2001, p.PG). But not all reality television is good television. Peyser (2001) reviewed Chains of
Love, the reality television show dropped by NBC before it even aired and many other critics have had their say on what the networks are doing to compete in an
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