A review by cdeck
True Story: What Reality TV Says about Us by Danielle Lindemann

2.0

Super disappointing. As someone who watches some reality tv (especially Survivor) with an interest on how it reflects society and culture, this fell super flat. It read more like a Marxism 101 textbook with individual reality tv tropes dropped in as examples, rather than a real look at how reality tv has changed over time and reflects the culture. No discussion on international shows or their differences. Just felt very much alike a series of pre-planned lectures with an extreme bias and some pithy cultural references to try to frame it all.