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Old 09-11-2014, 06:21 AM
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Why is reality tv not called "documentary tv"?
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Old 09-11-2014, 06:54 AM
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Why is reality tv not called "documentary tv"?
Because I'm pretty sure Real Housewives isn't a documentary.
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Old 09-11-2014, 06:57 AM
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Because I'm pretty sure Real Housewives isn't a documentary.
If it documents reality, it's a documentary. So, you're saying Real Housewives is scripted and falsely marketed?
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Old 09-11-2014, 07:09 AM
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If it documents reality, it's a documentary. So, you're saying Real Housewives is scripted and falsely marketed?
Are you saying it's not?
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Old 09-11-2014, 07:16 AM
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Are you saying it's not?
I don't watch reality tv, apart from Making Monsters.
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Old 09-11-2014, 08:48 AM
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I don't watch reality tv, apart from Making Monsters.
well there you go :P
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Old 09-11-2014, 10:03 AM
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I would label it "documentary".

Netflix has its own documentary section as well as HBO.

AS FAR AS "REALITY" TV...I WOULD LABEL THAT "SHIT"
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Old 09-11-2014, 11:54 AM
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I would label it "documentary".

Netflix has its own documentary section as well as HBO.

AS FAR AS "REALITY" TV...I WOULD LABEL THAT "SHIT"
Bar Rescue is like my show though.
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Old 09-11-2014, 03:13 PM
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Would you consider a documentary to be a movie or a TV show?
In the common vernacular, I would consider "a documentary" to be a movie.

Because you've used the singular, I ascribe the trait of once-and-done, which is typically a movie -- which would then be displayed in various formats: DVD, theatres, TV shows, online, etc.

If you're looking for a more than a spontaneous impression, then I can't really add more than Vill, Met and V did... which is, of course, I know docs can be both a movie or TV show. More than ever before, docs are created for the TV format, rather than being adapted/edited for TV shows, which is/was the norm.
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Old 09-11-2014, 03:34 PM
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A movie or miniseries. I consider a TV show something ongoing
Same for me.
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