“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.
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