A Comment About

Reality TV: The Return of the Working Class Hero

August 4, 2008 - 12:30 am - by John Nolte
Jake Was Here
2008-08-05 00:22:47

Casey:

TruTV has distanced itself from the un-”Reality” trend… their slogan is “Not ‘reality’, actuality.” Almost all of the series they show are documentaries — in other words, stuff that ACTUALLY HAPPENED and wasn’t faked up.

Very little is scripted on your average TruTV series, aside from what’s said by the narrators of each program. Real life and the pursuit of justice don’t come with scripts, and they’re far less boring and more compelling IMHO than most so-called “reality” series.