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murclurrr 's review for:
Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
by Emily Nussbaum
My historian and reality TV-loving heart were pulled fully into this audiobook - In all honesty, I would have given a left pinky to be a research assistant on this project. Nussbaum does a fabulous job showing how this genre evolved, starting with 1940s and 50s radio, and ending with its political implications having introduced many future constituents to Trump on TV.
It was fun to put early memories of seeing opera & ballet shows on Bravo and connect it to its current web of real housewives franchises (my personal favorite having seen every season of RHOC). The only thing I wish received more of a story were the early VH1 reality shows, but then again - leaves a gap in the scholarship for future work.
It was fun to put early memories of seeing opera & ballet shows on Bravo and connect it to its current web of real housewives franchises (my personal favorite having seen every season of RHOC). The only thing I wish received more of a story were the early VH1 reality shows, but then again - leaves a gap in the scholarship for future work.