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The Reel: 'The Hills' Reboot & Reality TV's Hold on American Culture

The Reel: 'The Hills' Reboot & Reality TV's Hold on American Culture

FromThe Envelope


The Reel: 'The Hills' Reboot & Reality TV's Hold on American Culture

FromThe Envelope

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Jun 28, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Once upon a time in America, reality TV used to be about the rich and the famous. But THE HILLS changed the rules of the game in 2006 — merely being rich or appearing to be — was good enough to get you famous.The MTV docu-soap spawned a thousand copycats — including the Housewives and the Kardashian franchises — and turned the US into a country obsessed with reality TV, the genre that launched a presidency. Eager to get back in the limelight, some of the stars of THE HILLS are back on MTV with NEW BEGINNINGS. But will the public have sufficient interest in the older cast members contending with the everyday challenges of domestic life — marriage, children and divorce-- that people watch reality TV to get away from?Times film writer and host Mark Olsen (@IndieFocus) talks with @thefilmgoer and @AmyKinLA, author of “Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure.”
Released:
Jun 28, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Envelope podcast pulls back the curtain to reveal intimates stories from this award season’s top contenders. Every Tuesday, A-list actors, directors and showrunners join Los Angeles Times entertainment reporters Yvonne Villarreal and Mark Olsen for conversations about their personal lives and creative processes — and how it all fuels their art.