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Tees and season exclusions apply. Hello and welcome to hot masterpiece theater, the show where we have high-brow conversations about lowbrow TV.

I'm Talented Greenberg, a comedian and culture critic, and I will be serving as your reality TV

dramaturg.

And quick reminder, a dramaturg is a researcher that gives background information on theatrical

productions and helps put dramatic works into cultural context.

And reality TV, dramaturg does that just for TV, because reality TV is art too.

It's storytelling, just like every other form of entertainment, and the characters we see because reality TV is art too. It's storytelling, just like every other form

of entertainment and the characters we see on reality TV aren't any trashier or less complex

than any other characters we come across. They just have more hair extensions and filler and

some have unexplained wealth. Today we are continuing our journey through different archetypes.

And reminder, those are the different kinds of characters we come across in any type of story,

including reality TV.

There are sort of these blueprints that map out like the general motivations and characteristics of all characters.

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