EPISODE · Dec 20, 2024 · 4 MIN
Cue the Sun
from FVRL ReadRadio Podcast · host Fraser Valley Regional Library
In this episode of Read Radio, listeners learn about Cue the Sun, an exploration of Reality TV. From beloved New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum comes a groundbreaking narrative detailing the fights, egos, drama and future presidents of reality television. Cue the Sun is a rollicking, deeply reported story about how the early reality TV business metastasized into an industry that now dominates entertainment in the United States. Starting in 1948, Nussbaum pulls back the curtain on the cultural meat grinder that created a generation-defining form of entertainment, examining shows from The Real World to Survivor to The Apprentice. Find this title in the FVRL collection: https://fvrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S21C1932317
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In this episode of Read Radio, listeners learn about Cue the Sun, an exploration of Reality TV. From beloved New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum comes a groundbreaking narrative detailing the fights, egos, drama and future presidents of reality television. Cue the Sun is a rollicking, deeply reported story about how the early reality TV business metastasized into an industry that now dominates entertainment in the United States. Starting in 1948, Nussbaum pulls back the curtain on the cultural meat grinder that created a generation-defining form of entertainment, examining shows from The Real World to Survivor to The Apprentice. Find this title in the FVRL collection: https://fvrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S21C1932317
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