Departing sharply from my string of music docs, Reality Show is anything but real. In a fully fictional story, a reality producer decides to create a wholly-original program by centering on a family who doesn't know they are under surveillance. When the randomly-chosen family does turn out to be as boring and predictable as they appear, pressure from the network leads the show team to inject drama into the story, leading to consequences spiraling out of control.
Normally this sort of story causes my to cringe, and while parts of it are difficult to watch, overall the whole piece is incredibly funny, making it well worth the suffering. It's depression and hilarity in one.
Reality Show
2013, 92 minutes, directed by Adam Rifkin
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