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The Amherst Student

Volume 152 • Issue 1

The Amherst Student

The Newspaper of Amherst College Since 1868

Friday, March 24, 2023

Lauren Sozio

The Soze Knows

Number of Articles: 1

First Article: February 19, 2003

Latest Article: February 19, 2003

The deceptions behind 'reality' television shows

By Lauren Sozio

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February 19, 2003

A lot of discussion has revolved around the craze for “reality television” shows, most of the same, tired digested talk about how Americans view themselves in a perpetually competitive environment, where individuals must fend for themselves and must be pitted against equally driven and sometimes noxious peers. These recreated worlds of alliance and rejection, where contestants eat cockroaches for a half a million, or fight over Mr. Right in a Jacuzzi with six other girls, are no doubt addictive

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