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Keepin’ It Real

Reality Filming has a long, sordid history and in recent years it has both blessed and threatened the television and movie industry. Reality TV, for example—and with no judgment on my part—has given us American Idol, Survivor, Jerry Springer, Cops and PBS’s Manor House. Some of these shows have managed to dethrone traditional television dramas like Firefly (and possibly even the recent Dollhouse, or so the Rumors whisper). Film wise, reality has given us quite a number of stories but in recent years they have started following the fame of Reality Television with the likes of Borat which might be funny in the short term but there’s no real substance to them; they’re really just a recording of how people react in certain situations.

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