Reality television has always insisted on its own frivolity. It is, by design, relatively low-stakes drama engineered for maximum entertainment, creating a comforting, cyclical pattern of carefully curated conflicts and resolutions. Among liquored-up squabbles and […]
Jon Frosch
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At its best, reality TV thrives as one of the few television formats that allow genuine insight into the fleshy underbelly of human behavior — albeit edited and manipulated to a producer’s satisfaction. While a […]
In the hot, dry climate of Northwest Nevada, a mother drops off her daughter in town, urging her not to come home anytime soon. Cleo (Elsie Fisher) looks away as her mom gives her an […]