Rate this book

Reality Matters: 19 Writers Come Clean About The Shows We Can't Stop Watching (2010)

by Anna David(Favorite Author)

3.45 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

006176664X (ISBN13: 9780061766640)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

It Books

review 1: I read this book because I love reading about reality telly. Sadly; most of these shows are American and haven't made it to the UK - but I read them anyway. And wished that someone in the UK would write a book like this about our telly.In the meantime I will continue to read all the EW.com recaps that I can find.I have to say that I am very disappointed in Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom that I watched on my flight back from New Zealand... I know this isn't the forum for that kind of comment - but to save me time and effort; I'll just put my opinion here.
review 2: I loved this book and was genuinely sad that I didn't know the content of several of the shows the writers commented on. When I bought it, I thought it would be more rigorous... a painfully self-aware lo... moreok at why we, as Americans, seem so hell-bent on watching trashy reality TV. Instead I got something much more witty, self-effacing, and personal.This book isn't about what we're doing as a culture... it's more like what one writer does and how they feel about it. For instance, the article about Jersey Shore isn't about defamation of a particular sub-group of Italian-Americans. It's about the writer figuring out that his draw to the show is so that he can channel his inner-Guido.In the end, though, what I enjoyed most was the glimpse into the real-lfie of a writer plagued with procrastination ("so much so I had organized 2 boxes of bandages into 1 streamlined box of bandages"), lonliness, and cats. Only not in a bad way. In a matter-of-fact "on some days, I'm one step away from hosting a Cat Tea Party," kinda way. So even though I hadn't seem many of the shows outlined in these essays, I still loved the book. less

Download links for: Reality Matters: 19 Writers Come Clean About the Shows We Can't Stop Watching

Advertising