The Basement Affair

Decoder Ring

Slate Podcasts

Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and bonus episodes of shows like Dear Prudence and Slow Burn. Sign up now to listen and support our work. What are the real reasons people go on reality TV? This episode follows the story of Ann Hirsch and Cathy Nardone, two women cast on VH1’s “Frank the Entertainer...In a Basement Affair”, a show about an adult man looking for love—while living in his parent’s basement. How did one performance artist and one accidental performance artist make it onto the show? And how did they behave once they made it there? Their story highlights the ways that reality television distorts narratives, obscures intentions and stereotypes women, yet is still irresistible to audiences and performers alike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.4	the cast made a music video for a song called For the Right Reasons.
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1:32.9	pointing to their bling, as they clumsily rap
1:35.5	about all the wrong reasons to be on the show.
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