Reality Matters: 19 Writers Come Clean About the Shows We Can't Stop Watching
“Durable writing about reality television, is such a thing possible?...[Reality Matters] may answer that question. It contains considered essays on “Project Runway,” “Dog Whisperer,” “Survivor,” and “Jersey Shore”....[and] useful analysis of the fakery/reality issues inherent in television that purports to be, though rarely is, entirely true. ” (The New Yorker)“Insightful.” (USA Today, Idol Chatter)“Fun, funny, and surprising.” (Penthouse)“Shockingly amusing and periodically poignant, Reality Matters gives college-educated reality show fans permission to smile about their devotion to America’s guiltiest lowbrow pleasure.” (LAist.com)“If there’s anything more entertaining than experiencing the guilty pleasure of reality TV firsthand, it’s reading a bunch of brilliant people trying to rationalize their obsession with the genre.” (Flavorpill)“A brilliant compilation.” (Starpulse)