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A review by benmsmith
True Story: What Reality TV Says about Us by Danielle Lindemann
4.0
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC of this title.
What a fantastic meditation on the various sociological windows we can view reality TV through. This does a great job of breaking down the many lenses of sociology and reality TV (what do we use it to say about class? gender? sexuality?), as well as how these combine. The breadth of shows used is great, and made me realize how different styles of show can be used to sell the same message.
This easily could have been super dry and academic (and wouldn't have been a worse book for that!), but that it's both this deep and thoughtful AND highly readable is fantastic. I opened this expecting to really need to chew my way through it but devoured it easily instead.
What a fantastic meditation on the various sociological windows we can view reality TV through. This does a great job of breaking down the many lenses of sociology and reality TV (what do we use it to say about class? gender? sexuality?), as well as how these combine. The breadth of shows used is great, and made me realize how different styles of show can be used to sell the same message.
This easily could have been super dry and academic (and wouldn't have been a worse book for that!), but that it's both this deep and thoughtful AND highly readable is fantastic. I opened this expecting to really need to chew my way through it but devoured it easily instead.