- The Wrap, Friday, August 19, 2011 4:45 PM
Bravo's in the cross-hairs, as the suicide of a "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" husband has ignited renewed focus on the ways reality show producers increase a show's drama quotient.
"The
tactics used on reality shows are well-established, more than a decade into the popular genre," write Sharon Waxman and Tim Molloy. For the "Real Housewives" franchise, these tactics include "plying
them [show participants] with alcohol to dampen inhibitions, manipulating situations to create conflict and editing scenes to heighten the drama."
The article includes a link to a slideshow
titled "Tragedy Strikes: A Dozen Reality TV Personalities Who Have Attempted
Suicide" (strange coincidence: one of them is the very same Danny Bonaduce quoted in another item today!)
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