The Game of Death
A French documentary, which aired this spring, argues that we’d do anything to win a reality television show — even kill another human being. The…
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Casting Calls and Soul Mates
This week, for the first time ever, I went for a TV audition. Let’s just say it was for a reality show that has something…
Jon and Kate + Commiserate
Recently, I’ve been tuning in to Jon & Kate Plus Eight at the gym. I watch on the sly like I’d rubberneck on the highway:…
This is My Brain on TV
Schizophrenia has often been popularly misconstrued as split or multiple personality disorder along the lines of what was shown in the 1976 television movie Sybil,…
Grounded
I hate reality TV. I think reality TV creators pander to the lowest common denominator so often that I’d rather sit and eat paste with…
