Debbie Schlussel: Fake?: Rap Star's, Lefty Producer's Reality Show on Race
It's not like we need another polarizing show focusing on race. But that didn't stop the FX network from hiring actor/rapper Ice Cube and "filmmaker" R.J. Cutler to do yet another show on it, "Black. White."
But will the six-part "documentary" on Blacks and Whites made to look like the opposite race be a fake? If Cutler's previous FX series, "30 Days," which he did with McDonald's trasher Morgan Spurlock, is any indication, the answer is a resounding YES!
As I write in the Wall Street Journal (and here), Cutler and Spurlock billed "30 Days" as a "reality" show when it was anything but. It was a fake, with a pre-determined Michael Moore style ending.
Just another example of why you shouldn't believe most of what you see on TV. This unfortunate edition begins in March.
Posted by Debbie on December 13, 2005 02:42 PM to Debbie Schlussel