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The Real Housewives of New Jersey

Screenshot: Resolved for 2010: Avoiding the reality TV sideshows

TV post by lschmeiser on December 31, 2009 - 7:55pm; tagged Bravo, E!, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, lucrative stereotyping, MTV, Rock of Love, The Bachelor, the decline of western civilization, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, The Real Housewives of New York, The Real Housewives of Orange County, VH-1.
It's easy to point fingers at narrative television sometimes and claim the writers are foisting outdated and unfair gender roles onto the audience and therefore, by extension, society. Reality TV pokes a lot of holes in the Big Hollywood theory, because the people who thrive on reality TV are the ones who are crafting -- and benefiting -- from a stock trade in stereotypes.
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