Dear Rory, Further to my previous post -- the name of the article on reality tv just came to mind: it is in Bill Nichols, Blurred Boundaries: Questions of Meaning in Contemporary Culture. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994. There is a chapter in this book called "At the Limits of Reality TV" pp. 43-62. Jeannette ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]