Makeover Television: Realities Remodelled (Reading Contemporary Television)
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (855 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1845113306 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Elevate Difference said television makeover is contemporary America's fairytale. The television makeover is contemporary America's fairytale, a feel-good story that ends with the resolution of the protagonist's problems and the inevitable "happily ever after." Or that's how the television mythmakers would like us to see it - the unappealing house transformed into the American dream home in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, the boorish male remade into sophisticated metrosexual in Queer Eye for the Straight Guy , the ugly duckling transformed into The Swan -
""This is an interesting collection providing thought-provoking insights into what is actually being made over by the television makeover…a worthy and worthwhile collection."" - Elaine Beale, Feminist Review
Top writers and scholars take discussion of reality tv to the next level with lively examination of a wide range of contemporary makeover shows, such as Extreme Makeover, The Swan, Faking It, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and The Apprentice, that ultimately speak to television's own enduring ability to reinvent itself. The book is organized around the overarching argument that contemporary makeover programming provides the paradigmatic example of reality television's far-reaching prominence and mass appeal, an appeal that lies in ""powers of transformation"" or televisual performance that tries not only to capture reality but to intervene in it, with the ultimate aim of remodelling reality. They examine how makeover programming annexes the private space