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Reality shows were strike-breakers, too—the slimy beneficiaries of anti-labor tactics, funded by executives who didn’t want to pay writers and actors.
“Darwin had no problem saying that animals had fun playing. But suddenly only people could “play”; a behaviorist might say that non-humans could merely “engage in affiliative activity.”
― Becoming Wild: How Animals Learn Who They Are
― Becoming Wild: How Animals Learn Who They Are
“we find each other by becoming findable.”
― It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand
― It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand
“The way most WGA writers saw it, the genre was the enemy—a wedge networks used to resist union demands, first in 1988, when the WGA struck for twenty-two weeks, and then again in 2001. If reality laborers suffered, maybe they deserved to.”
― Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
― Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
“Early on, LAPD commander Daryl Gates had said no to Cops filming in his city. Then, in 1991, George Holliday recorded the beating of Rodney King, graphic evidence of police brutality that led to a mass uprising a year later, after the jury delivered a not-guilty verdict. In 1994, the new LAPD police chief, Willie Williams, agreed to let Cops film his officers. “At this juncture, it makes certain sense for the department to receive some positive coverage,” said Gary Greenebaum, the president of the police commission, in the Los Angeles Times.”
― Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
― Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
“cartoonish stereotypes were the industry default.”
― Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
― Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
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