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Manufacturing Reality

Is there any reality in reality television? A series that explores the truth behind reality TV, with perspectives from the creators of and the stars created by the shows.

Paris Hilton and the American Cannibal

In our continuing series, a profile of the pornographer who put Paris Hilton in your living room, and a fascinating look at “pseudo-events” in our culture and the media that can’t get enough of them. KEITH HOLLIHAN writes. (Manufacturing Reality | April 27, 2006)

The Omarosa Experiment

Reality TV isn’t for the weak of ego, or the merely normal; to succeed, you must be “super-normal.” KEITH HOLLIHAN talks to some of the industry’s most infamous offspring about their lives after the show—and the psychologists who were responsible for vetting them in the first place. (Manufacturing Reality | January 17, 2006)

Mirror, Mirror

Reality television depends on charismatic contestants, and the Ganz sisters, a pair of identical-twin casting agents, are among its chief suppliers. The first article in a series on the hidden workings of reality TV. (Manufacturing Reality | November 15, 2005)

Reality’s Apprentice

Reality TV may seem a world away from real life, but what happens when Donald Trump’s The Apprentice moves in upstairs? Worse, what happens when it seems to be a sham? Keith Hollihan reports with a fascinating account of his life’s surreal intrusions. (Manufacturing Reality | April 8, 2004)


TODAY’S FEATURE

Test Post

Rather than shopping or a pottery workshop, blogging shows promise as a fun, “couple-y” activity. THE GOLEM writes the entry that took a thousand years.

OUR MAN IN BOSTON

Question, Questions, Questions?

Padgett Powell's bebop solo of a book is 164 pages of interrogatory--that's right, questions.

INFINITE SUMMER

Dracula

Sponsored by TMN, the online book club reads the vampire novel that sired them all.
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