PEERING ON OUR PEERS

  • “Survivor,” “The Real World,” “1900 House,” and now “Big Brother” – Why the current obsession with voyeurism and so-called “reality television”? “The camera has become central to Hollywood’s notions of voyeurism, also privacy. To generations raised on television, just sitting in the dark and watching surreptitiously now seems normal. But, add a camera, or a 100 hidden cameras as a new film recently did, and it’s still possible to make the concept feel pretty racy.” – NPR 07/06/00 [Real Audio file]