“It’s About Time We Had Some Substance On This Show”
June 13, 2012 in Urban Studies, Videos | Permalink
Chuck Barris, game-show producer and occasional murderer, realized like P.T. Barnum before him and reality shows after that there was money to be made off the marginal, even the freakish. But I doubt Barris could have predicted that the sideshow tent would be relocated to the center ring.
Tags: ChucK Barris
Subscribe to my free, monthly Substack newsletter, "Books I Read This Month." Some new titles, some older, some rare.
Categories
About
Afflictor.com is the website of Darren D’Addario. Except where otherwise noted, all writing is his copyrighted material. ©2009-18.