Sentences with phrase «reality television as»

Real Life (1979) Long before reality television as we know it was even conceived, Brooks» debut feature picked apart its voyeurism and invasiveness, and the quotation marks that would have to frame TV's notion of «reality.»

This isn't the ultimate sci - fi opus to reflect our dehumanizing and debauched consumption of media, but it does step beyond Collins's novel to use reality television as an almost interactive storytelling tool.

And modern reality television as we know it was born.

Not exact matches

With epic cinematography, «Amazing China» — produced by China Central Television and the state - owned China Film Group Co. Ltd. — articulates a message of how China would like to be seen as it pursues President Xi Jinping's vision of a globally resurgent nation, against a reality that doesn't always measure up.

But as more women went off to work, they were usurped by a new form of reality television.

The singer's representatives had dismissed Jenner as a «secondary reality television star» in their bid to stop her from trademarking the name «Kylie» in the U.S.

That is their business, and as we all know in reality television, drama sells.

«Reality television, as you all know, is based on conflict,» Diller said in remarks at the Bloomberg Markets Most Influential Summit.

Created in 2009 by reality television star Bethenny Frankel, the Skinnygirl line is a juggernaut that started off as a low - calorie margarita but has since expanded into wines, vodkas, sangria now owned by Beam Suntory.

That reality - television hucksters such as Trump (The Apprentice) and O'Leary (Dragon's Den, Shark Tank) would overstate their abilities is no surprise.

Kevin Harrington, one of the original investor «sharks» on the ABC reality television show Shark Tank, is launching a crowdfunding platform targeting the same niche as his As Seen on TV infomercial empire doeas his As Seen on TV infomercial empire doeAs Seen on TV infomercial empire does.

(TheMIX)-- As a reverse fairy tale for the CEO set, the reality television program Undercover Boss is fascinating, not so much in the witness - to - a-train - wreck mode of the rest of the genre, but because it is so revealing of our conflicted relationship with «the boss.»

Perhaps, as some argue, Trump channels the anxieties of a class whose economic and social standing is in demonstrable decline as a cynical ploy to win popularity — this is a man who once called the poor «morons» — while winking at the «establishment,» who can take comfort in knowing that this reality - television caricature of themselves actually shares their political opportunism, if not their economic values.

As such, they connect with what they see on television, rather than reality.

There has been widespread praise from TV critics, calling the show «intimate and heartfelt» and «as good as it gets» and praising TLC for how it has «upended the conventions of reality television.»

Have such churches grasped the new nature of social reality as it has been created in our subconscious by television and the other mass media?

Burnett - who is better known as a king of reality television, with «Survivor,» «The Voice» and «The Apprentice» all under his name - told CNN earlier this month that this project was «personal.»

The reality of devices such as television and the computer ought to be a common part of our conversation within our communities of faith.

It may be also that such churches have grasped the new nature of reality as it has been created in our subconscious by television and the other mass media.

These pressures on religious broadcasters find expression in their tendency to exaggerate reality either by selection, avoidance, or creation of certain incidents over others and the tendency to compromise with the illusion and sensation which television as a whole promotes through its programming.

The reality of a perceived act on television derives mainly from the viewer's perspective, with a good deal of variation in the degree to which different viewers perceive a portrayal as realistic.

With all the reality television I was watching, I couldn't hope to be as wise as one sage, much less three.

The mighty pulpwood forests of the North are being clear - cut to make paper, and octopuses are being netted by the millions for the great inking fleets of the Indian Ocean, all so American television critics can write a few more column inches this dim summer on the popularity of such «reality» programs as Big Brother, Survivor and The Real World.

The nerd thing was hammered home for a couple of years, with Bryan's own manager — known as a Pro in NXT parlance — the Miz basically shitting all over Bryan for a lack of charisma or ability to work a mic, in contrast to the Miz who had some WWE success behind him and was a reality television star from his time on MTV's «The Real World.»

I get what you are saying.If you watch him on televison he does not look like backup quality for arsenal but hey as people here like it if you use his statistics he looks more than capable as a backup.This should tell you that statistics and reality can be different.He looks terrible on television to be honest.

Collins Avenue, creator of such fabulous television programming such as «Dance Moms», is producing a new Extreme Parenting / Breastfeeding Reality Show to bring to your... boob tube.

Earlier, Bratton said Clinton's opponent, Republican Donald Trump «scares the hell out of me,» citing what he called the real estate - turned reality television personality's «lack of depth» on policy issues, as well as his lack of «sensitivity.»

Ulrich's possible campaign is the subject of a reality television show that is being filmed now and may air as voters start tuning into the race.

In contrast to this vision of reality as television, Sun Microsystems co-founder and chief scientist Bill Joy depicted a dystopian world in which the hubris of the human race will engender nonprotein life - forms that will multiply and threaten the planet.

3 - D Home TV Foreseen — The pace of new developments in the recently revived method of photography known as holography is so fast that three - dimensional television sets portraying life - size scenes could be a reality before 1984, as was predicted in George Orwell's novel....

The television channel RTL will be following Raunigk as she carries the quadruplets for a reality show.

It's an Olivia Palermo day as we present yet another fantastic skirt moment for the lovely reality television star.

We're not exactly sure what the former reality television star has been up to lately, as her career seems to be at a standstill since her last web series in 2011, «Dream Maker», save for filming some scenes in «Scary Movie 5» that didn't quite make it to the final cut.

In 2010, Malik auditioned as a solo artist for the British version of reality television series, The X Factor, in which he was eliminated before the show's final round, but quickly brought back to form boy band One Direction, alongside Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne.

As a result, he and his family soon garnered much publicity and attention, culminating in VH1's reality television show «Tough Love,» which ran for six seasons.

With the popularity of Matchmaking, even appearing as the concept of a Television Reality show, the Matchmaker space is becoming very competitive.

Offering industrial and process automation, components and Work Out in the Zone (previously known as Work Out) is an American reality television series on Bravo, which premiered on July 19, 2006.

Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a The Amazing Race Asia is a reality television game show based on the American series, The Amazing Race.

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The Ladies Next Door, also known as The Damsels of the Playboy Mansion is an E! cable television network reality series about what life is like at the playboy mansion.

Work Out in the Zone (previously known as Work Out) is an American reality television series on Bravo, which premiered on July 19, 2006.

Several young men attempt to impress four ladies in a comedic speed dating reality television format with Rob Riggle and Tom price acting as commentators.

We all need to escape occasionally from the real world (nobody needs reality television, however), just as long as that is balanced with some hard news.

Spencer Pratt rode the crest of the «reality television» trend to fame in the mid - to late 2000s as a participant on the series The Hills.

Even the most talentless and narcissistic fame seekers on reality television are not nearly as vile, reprehensible or worthless as a film that actively wishes harm on them.

Plenty of bickering and mischief ensues as the trio becomes caught up in a murder - for - hire plot and inadvertently experiences fame through reality television.

Ambitious reality television producer Ira (Michael Panes) sees them as the perfect participants for «Cut the Crap», a reality series in which free - spirited yogi Angela Lovecraft (Posey) uses her mystical skills to help people through hard times.

Coached by District 13's President Alma Coin (Julianne Moore) and former gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee (the late Philip Seymour Hoffman in his final role), Katniss has played the part extraordinarily well, delivering empowering speeches and exposing the unconscionable measures taken by the totalitarian government that gave them adolescent death competitions as reality television.

If the experience of reading Collins's novel is one of being inside a horrifyingly brutal reality television show, the experience the film adaptation offers is one more akin to watching one, and its success depends on our awareness of this relatively new medium as well as our willingness to critique it.

For a film which features the word «irony» so prominently, it's suitably ironic that Reality Bites features a documentary given the commercial television treatment, as the movie as a whole has an underlying compelling story that feels like it has been drained of all uniqueness by the corporate interests handling the film.