This is a dramatic reconstruction of the “academic prompt” format. Tiffany never got her last word, so
we’re taking it for her by injecting a dose of real reality into the fake reality of the academic environment.
“Real reality” is constituted by the dramatic disjuncture of events-as-planned and events-as-they-happen.
This represents a stream of conscious discussion between four people, and while it is often incoherent,
we argue that this reflects the nature of the Reali-TV form.
we’re taking it for her by injecting a dose of real reality into the fake reality of the academic environment.
“Real reality” is constituted by the dramatic disjuncture of events-as-planned and events-as-they-happen.
This represents a stream of conscious discussion between four people, and while it is often incoherent,
we argue that this reflects the nature of the Reali-TV form.
TV Theory Group Project Clip: Tyra Banks yells at Tiffany in ANTM
America’s Next Top Model
Tyra yelling “we’re all rooting for you”
Contestant not sad enough about being kicked off
Idea of performance
Not taking the “reality” of reality tv as Reality
She’s not her mother though
“You take responsibility for yourself.” But, you also need this show to be successful. (this links to the
post-welfare ideology)
post-welfare ideology)
You don’t know me.
No voting.
Do your best, then it’s out of your hands.
Illiteracy
Failure of state education
Reframed as Tiffany’s own failure
Neoliberalism
GROUP GOVERNANCE
NOT a question of group governance
Judges as the group (or is it Tyra alone?)
Demagogue?
She represents the judges and the imagined American spectator
Speaks for the viewer, knows the viewer (does she?)
Tyra’s subjectivity merges with the very “reality” of reality TV
How is emotion measured?
All of their living together is problematic: Like, if everyone in a new cohort of the CAMS department were
REQUIRED to live together. Then, our grades depend not only on our professional/student labor but on
our abilities to coexist in a domestic space.
REQUIRED to live together. Then, our grades depend not only on our professional/student labor but on
our abilities to coexist in a domestic space.
There’s also something to be said about Tyra’s claim that she sunk so many resources into Tiffany.
Resource management, “who” is putting resources behind Tiffany. I doubt it’s only (or mostly) Tyra.
Plus, the premise of having contestants requires that one-by-one they each lose the precious “resource”
of the show.
Resource management, “who” is putting resources behind Tiffany. I doubt it’s only (or mostly) Tyra.
Plus, the premise of having contestants requires that one-by-one they each lose the precious “resource”
of the show.
Reality TV’s participants are not autonomous.
Democracy is a sham. And it’s evident in reality tv. Reality tv seems to be a representation and
emulation of democracy, but the participant is not an autonomous figure. The show is a construction
representing itself as reality, but it’s not.
emulation of democracy, but the participant is not an autonomous figure. The show is a construction
representing itself as reality, but it’s not.
Rules constitute the reality of the show, but changing them represents an intervention of “real” reality.
Feeding treats to rodents. A fake, public system undermined by a probabilistic sense of Reality.
Group Members: Ryan Banfee, Ran Zhou, Jade Miller, and Jesse Tollison
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