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Reality TV Part Nine

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Docusoaps

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What is a docusoap?

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Docusoap is a combination of the word "documentary" and "soap opera."

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And a docusoap is

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something like The Real Housewives of Atlanta,

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Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

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Shows where you are documenting people in their actual situations.

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So a show like Masterchef, that you mentioned,

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or The Amazing Race -

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those kinds of shows,

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you're putting people in very specific situations and then filming them.

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A docusoap follows

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people in their natural environments.

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It's still scripted. It's still edited to seem a certain way,

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but it is different watching the Kardashians live in their house

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as opposed to putting the Kardashians on a deserted island

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and seeing how they fare.

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So that's what a docusoap is.

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What is a docusoap?

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[ chuckles ] Not that kind of soap.

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