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hi_its_erinnicole 's review for:
Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
by Emily Nussbaum
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
I fucking LOVE books like this (see also my utmost admiration for The Oscar Wars). Assessable cultural criticism is very much my shit. A few thoughts:
-what I wasn't anticipated was how much 9/11 shaped reality TV as we know it today; including casting, finances and profitability. So interesting.
-reading about some of these cast contracts (especially during the wild, wild, west, early days of reality TV) was WILD. For example, Project Runway had a clause that the producers of the show get ten percent of the winners profits IN PERPETUITY. Paying these people for the rest of your life?! You got me fucked up.
-Reading this title made me immediately think of The Hills and its iconic ending. I really wish she could have gone into the Laguna Beach/The Hills and other high school + post-HS reality shows of the early 2000s because they really had a hold on society for awhile. But maybe that's something to explore for the next book.
-what I wasn't anticipated was how much 9/11 shaped reality TV as we know it today; including casting, finances and profitability. So interesting.
-reading about some of these cast contracts (especially during the wild, wild, west, early days of reality TV) was WILD. For example, Project Runway had a clause that the producers of the show get ten percent of the winners profits IN PERPETUITY. Paying these people for the rest of your life?! You got me fucked up.
-Reading this title made me immediately think of The Hills and its iconic ending. I really wish she could have gone into the Laguna Beach/The Hills and other high school + post-HS reality shows of the early 2000s because they really had a hold on society for awhile. But maybe that's something to explore for the next book.