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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 192296" data-attributes="member: 27">While we tune in to soap operas with the expectation (sometimes the hope) of emotional response (the so-called &quot;emotional investment&quot; producers always speak of), I think the &quot;agreement&quot; between the show and the viewer is violated when the show starts to take its viewers for granted by doing &#039;retreads&#039; (Brooke&#039;s many men, for example).&nbsp; The so-called &quot;reality shows&quot; like the Khardashians and their ilk are purposely manipulative simply by characterizing their staged situations and scripted dialogue as &quot;spontaneous&quot;.&nbsp; At least soaps don&#039;t try to convince us that they&#039;re documenting the exploits of real people.&nbsp; I can&#039;t confidently nominate The Bachelor/Bachelorette&nbsp; for this title since I&#039;ve never watched an episode of it.&nbsp; I&#039;ve read a lot about it, though, and it sounds tacky, exploitative, and yes, manipulative.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 192296, member: 27"] While we tune in to soap operas with the expectation (sometimes the [I]hope[/I]) of emotional response (the so-called "emotional investment" producers always speak of), I think the "agreement" between the show and the viewer is violated when the show starts to take its viewers for granted by doing 'retreads' (Brooke's many men, for example). The so-called "reality shows" like the Khardashians and their ilk are purposely manipulative simply by characterizing their staged situations and scripted dialogue as "spontaneous". At least soaps don't try to convince us that they're documenting the exploits of real people. I can't confidently nominate[I] The Bachelor/Bachelorette[/I] for this title since I've never watched an episode of it. I've read a lot about it, though, and it sounds tacky, exploitative, and yes, manipulative. [/QUOTE]

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