‘The Contestant’ Director Clair Titley on the Fallout From Reality TV: ‘We Are All Complicit’

Long before Bethenny Frankel began fighting for reality stars’ rights, there was  “Denpa Shonen: A Life in Prizes,” a Japanese reality show that began airing in 1998. The show starred aspiring comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu, nicknamed Nasubi.  In a room by himself and naked, Nasubi had to fill out contest coupons in order to win what […]
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