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The Business

The Perils of Producing Reality TV

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6676 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2013

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Reality producer Monica Martino's harrowing experience on Bamazon leads her to call for action in the reality TV business.

Transcript

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0:00.0

From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

0:05.5

You listen, if you listen and learn, then you're going to be able to do anything you want this time.

0:11.0

Everybody takes your business, business.

0:13.7

Willie, really, really, all white lights.

0:16.9

He doesn't clean.

0:18.6

What's with him?

0:19.6

Oh, I'm afraid he's gone Hollywood.

0:21.6

Hollywood.

0:22.6

This week on the business, safety or the lack of it, in reality TV.

0:27.6

Veteran reality producer Monica Martino tells a harrowing tale.

0:32.6

She was seriously injured while shooting in the Amazon, and she says,

0:36.6

stranded with no safety plan in place.

0:40.2

But first, it's the Hollywood news banter.

0:42.5

Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

0:48.3

You can imagine Hollywood, everything is really driven by making money.

0:53.5

What's with him?

0:54.7

I'm joined by my co-banterer, John Horn of the Los Angeles Times.

0:58.2

Hello, John.

0:59.0

Hello, Kim.

1:00.2

So, John, this is our last banter before the Oscar Awards ceremony,

1:04.3

and I'm going to guess, just take a random guess,

1:07.1

that one of the seeming sure things is a win for Life of Pie in the Effects category.

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