Stage 46 : The Reality of Reality Television
, by Smith, R.- ISBN: 9780982065129 | 0982065124
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 11/30/2008
STAGE 46: ¿The Reality of Reality Television¿ gives a hilarious and eye-opening look into what goes on behind the camera of a Hollywood set. Based on firsthand accounts compiled by interviews with former reality television employees, Stage 46 documents what it is really like to work on a top-rated TV show. Ben Walker, a small-town guy from Northern California, lands a job in Hollywood that a million people are standing in line waiting for. Hired as a production assistant on the number-one reality show, Ben quickly finds himself surrounded by drug abuse, sex scandals, money laundering, unfair employment practices, and daily verbal attacks from the executives. When Ben realizes that this so-called family show¿in which the contestants are unknowingly forced to sign over their lives¿is something he no longer wants to be a part of, he decides to leave the dark world of Hollywood behind. But before leaving, he finds himself turning the tables in any way he can on the show that has made his life a living hell.