Spectacle: An Unscripted History of Reality TV
90 Day Fiance Trash Talk
Tracey Carnazzo
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Over the past 30 years, reality TV has become a place to see the social and political moment play out in real time -- from racial tensions on The Real World New York to gender dynamics on The Bachelor. Join host Mariah Smith as she dissects the history of the genre one show at a time, revealing how it's shaped our culture and how our culture shaped it.
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| 0:00.0 | Reality TV is dismissed as guilty pleasure, low brow, even trash TV, but whether you |
| 0:06.6 | want to admit it or not, you've probably heard of Snooki, Lisa Vanderpomp, or Kim |
| 0:11.1 | Kardashian. On Spectacle, you'll learn why reality TV is in a waste of time at |
| 0:16.7 | all and explore the way it shaped our culture and how our culture shaped it. On |
| 0:21.9 | Spectacle, you'll hear from cast members like Queer Eyes, Bobby Burke, or Chris |
| 0:25.7 | Sapphire from the Circle US, but also will analyze these shows with experts and |
| 0:31.2 | fans. Spectacle, an unscripted history of reality TV is a new documentary |
| 0:37.3 | podcast series from Neon Hum Media. Season one covers reality TV in a way that |
| 0:43.7 | it has never been done before. In each episode, we relive the most popular |
| 0:49.1 | moments in TV history and how these shows changed our culture. Shows like |
| 0:54.2 | Survivor, 90-day fiance, the Real Housewives, keeping up with the Kardashians, |
| 1:00.2 | Queer Eye, hosted by writer, comedian, and producer, Mariah Smith, along with |
| 1:05.8 | tons of reality stars each week. Subscribe to Spectacle to get the unscripted |
| 1:10.5 | history of reality TV on Apple podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 1:15.9 | Jen Sheft was on the third season of the Bachelor, given the final rows by |
| 1:21.0 | Andrew Firestone. Shortly after they broke up, ABC chose her as the third |
| 1:26.9 | Bachelor at. And from the start, she felt a give-and-take relationship with her |
| 1:32.1 | producers. She remembers bartering with them for some time with Andrew and the |
| 1:36.8 | fantasy suite, a lone time off camera. It was sort of like if you maybe kiss |
| 1:42.8 | each other for a little bit and give us the shot that we want, then we'll get |
| 1:47.7 | out of your hair. I was like, all right, let's get you guys out of here because I |
| 1:51.4 | just want to be with him, not everybody. You would think being the Bachelor at was |
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