Surreal TV: The Apprentice
So, according to this essay at The Morning News, The Apprentice is rigged. Duh. The Morning News - Reality’s Apprentice:My reality collided with reality TV during episode seven of NBC’s The Apprentice. The premise was a hyped-up competition over real estate. The remaining participants were challenged to renovate and rent one of two ‘rundown’ Brooklyn apartments in 48 hours. One of those apartments was a third-floor, one-bedroom in a brownstone on Third Street, where my family and I live on the first two floors. On screen, the team leaders stood outside our stoop and negotiated for the apartment above us. Off screen, we knew a few things they didn’t. A month before, for instance, the previous occupant and my upstairs neighbor had jumped out the window.
e.p.c. posted this at 14:22 GMT on 8-Apr-2004 . Archive Link