WSTB13H3 Lecture Notes - Paris Hilton, Jessica Simpson, Reality Television
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Television has taken a hit because of the internet but it is still prevalent. People often describe reality tv as a guilty pleasure. There"s something pleasurable about peeking in on the supposed reality of someone else. Pozner: breaks down why reality television is horrible for women. Pozner: reality television is anything but unscripted. If you take reality television as reality then you take women as catty. You see things like the claws are about to come out, and replay the clips of agony between women. There"s also a lot of racial and class division in reality television, the pole, the jew, the asian. They slide each other on the race; they also not only cast but encourage racial slurs. For an example in the show lakeshore toronto the racial slurs contradict the multiculturalism of toronto. Jessica simpson, and paris hilton say not so smart thing, reality television emphasizes not.