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> * There was almost zero bullshit reality TV manufactured drama The bit in the article that astounded me was where he talked about sections of the contract ev
by rlongstaff 13y ago
> * There was almost zero bullshit reality TV manufactured drama
The bit in the article that astounded me was where he talked about sections of the contract everyone was expected to sign: "Another clause allowed for willful misrepresentation for the sake of drama..."
- cheald 13y agoThat's standard fare for "reality TV". Most of that kind of stuff is utterly fabricated.
- Fomite 13y agoAka "We reserve the right to make a loser edit to drum up suspense". This was the least surprising part of it for me.
- kingkawn 13y agoWhat we call bullshit is another way of saying, "in case you are supremely boring we reserve the right to make it seem like observing your day-to-day life is at the least enjoyable as a train-wreck." Maybe we are bullshitting by not living so well thats its more enjoyable than watching others live poorly.
- brianpgordon 13y agoBoring is safe. I wouldn't call being boring "living poorly."
- jimmaswell 13y agoAccording to Hacker News if you live a safe and "boring" life you're the worst kind of person out there
- JohnTHaller 13y agoThat's basically all of reality TV. There's hardly anything real about it. The scenarios are all scripted. The only thing that's sometimes real are the reactions of the 'stars'. And, even then, they're so re-edited and re-framed, that the end result doesn't have much in common with reality.