Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum

4.07 AVERAGE

kpickens512's review

3.0
So Emily Nussbaum won a Pulitzer Prize, and not for writing books but television criticism. That seems like an easy job to me but I don’t even have cable TV. Just stop watching it.

The book covers the history of reality TV shows, which started with Candid Camera and antagonist style of filming that was perfected by Sacha Baron Cohen. The problem for me with this book I don’t watch reality TV. Although Chuck Barris’ story is interesting just because he is such a strange person (see the film Confessions of a Dangerous Mind), I have never had an attention span for this genre. Not Survivor, not The Housewives, not the Kardashians. If it’s your favorite entertainment then you will probably enjoy the book.

matt47's review

4.0
informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

ratkingz3's review

4.5
adventurous informative medium-paced
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leahfrieden's review against another edition

5.0
I loved this more than I thought I would! It really dives deep and I found it thought provoking. 
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lauren131's review against another edition

4.0
informative medium-paced
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marypmcg's review against another edition

3.5
informative slow-paced
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raya_rye's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous informative medium-paced

alisonscott1010's review

DID NOT FINISH
Just couldn’t get into it 

candywellins's review

3.5
informative slow-paced

thelittlefisher's review against another edition

4.0
emotional informative reflective medium-paced