‘To Catch a Predator’ Ended Almost 20 Years Ago. Its Grim Legacy Lives on.
The result of these technologies are simulacra, duplicated bodies of the “authentic” and “real”. The stakes are meticulously manufactured. In these cases, there is no original. It is narrative all the way down. The technologies copy ideas from other talent shows and reality T.V in general, but it is unclear if such ideas originated with reality T.V... See more
The Specter of Reality TV
John Updike line, “Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face.”