02777cam a2200505Ka 4500 97916 20230410130555.0 090722s2010 nyu 000 0 eng d (OCoLC)ocn428024003 BTCTA BTCTA YDXCP OQX JRS JQW 9780061766640 006176664X NZ1 13481915 (OCoLC)428024003 GRAL PN 1992.8 R288 2010 Reality matters : 19 writers come clean about the shows we can't stop watching / edited by Anna David ; foreword by James Frey. New York, NY : It Books, 2010. xxi, 182 p. ; 21 cm. Poverty in the time of The real housewives of New York City (The real housewives of New York City) / Stacey Grenrock Woods -- Faketastic (The hills) / Melissa De La Cruz) -- Billie Jeanne is not my lover (Married by America) / Neal Pollack -- The cutting crew (Project runway) / Jancee Dunn -- Show boat (The other boat race) / Toby Young -- The biting hand (Dog Whisperer) / Will Leitch -- Honest, honey, I'm not gay, I just like watching half-naked buff guys with full-body ink (Lockup) / Jerry Stahl -- Becoming a lady (Ladette to lady) / Amelie Gillette -- Shelly (Big brother) / Ben Mandelker -- Joining the real world (The real world) / Anna David -- Gameboy (Survivor) / Austin Bunn -- The after-party (Sober house) / John Albert -- I dream of Stacy (What not to wear) / Helaine Olen -- Idolatry (American idol) / Richard Rushfield -- How to survive a bachelor party (The bachelor) / Wendy Merrill -- Gym, tan, laundry (Jersey shore) / Mark Lisanti -- Corrupted reality (Storm watch) / Rex Sorgatz -- Dog the bounty hunter hunter (Dog the bounty hunter) / Neil Strauss. Collects essays on reality television programs and their personal appeal, including articles on a casting call for the "Real World" and sympathizing with contestants of "Sober House." Reality television programs History and criticism. David, Anna. Frey, James, 1969- Albert, John, 1964- Bunn, Austin. De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971- Dunn, Jancee. Gillette, Amelie. Grenrock Woods, Stacey, 1968- Leitch, Will. Lisanti, Mark. Mandelker, Ben. Merrill, Wendy. Olen, Helaine. Pollack, Neal, 1970- Rushfield, Richard. Sorgatz, Rex. Stahl, Jerry. Strauss, Neil. Baker and Taylor BTCP BK0008487574 YBP Library Services YANK 3081186 lcc bk C0 DRFGD 76415 76415 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 PN 1992.8 R288 2010 00000080230 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk