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Andy Dehnart > writing > Reality TV cast members should give feedback on their own portrayal

writing · April 27, 2015

Reality TV cast members should give feedback on their own portrayal

Ben Affleck’s decision to exclude a slave-owning ancestor from a PBS reality series raised in interesting question: Should subjects of unscripted TV shows be participants in the editing of their stories? In this essay, I argue that yes, the Ben Affleck model should become reality TV’s standard.

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