• 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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