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The Money Shot - Trash, Class, and the Making of TV Talk Shows (Paperback, New)
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The Money Shot - Trash, Class, and the Making of TV Talk Shows (Paperback, New)
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He leaped from his chair, ripped off his microphone, and lunged at
his ex-wife. Security guards rushed to intercept him. The audience
screamed, then cheered. Were producers concerned? Not at all. They
were getting what they wanted: the money shot.
From "classy" shows like Oprah to "trashy" shows like Jerry
Springer, the key to a talk show's success is what Laura Grindstaff
calls the money shot--moments when guests lose control and express
joy, sorrow, rage, or remorse on camera. In this new work,
Grindstaff takes us behind the scenes of daytime television talk
shows, a genre focused on "real" stories told by "ordinary" people.
Drawing on extensive interviews with producers and guests, her own
attendance of dozens of live tapings around the country, and more
than a year's experience working on two nationally televised shows,
Grindstaff shows us how producers elicit dramatic performances from
guests, why guests agree to participate, and the supporting roles
played by studio audiences and experts.
Grindstaff traces the career of the money shot, examining how
producers make stars and experts out of ordinary people, in the
process reproducing old forms of cultural hierarchy and class
inequality even while seeming to challenge them. She argues that
the daytime talk show does give voice to people normally excluded
from the media spotlight, but it lets them speak only in certain
ways and under certain rules and conditions. Working to understand
the genre from the inside rather than pass judgment on it from the
outside, Grindstaff asks not just what talk shows can tell us about
mass media, but also what they reveal about American culture more
generally.
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