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Grindstaff takes the reader behind the scenes of daytime television talk shows. This study draws on interviews with producers and guests and asks not just what talk shows can tell us about mass media, but also what they reveal about American culture more generally.

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"Laura Grindstaff went to the front lines of talk show production and lived to tell the tale. She comes back with the goods. The Money Shot is a rare tour through one of the stranger spots on American television, combining funny/disturbing stories and inside scoops with sharp, learned insights into the management - by producers, guests, audiences, and American culture as a whole - of emotion, expertise, fame, and, most important, of class." - Joshua Gamson, author of Freaks Talk Back

The Money Shot

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 12 July 2002
      ISBN-13 9780226309118
      978-0226309118
      ISBN-10 0226309118
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Grindstaff takes the reader behind the scenes of daytime television talk shows. This study draws on interviews with producers and guests and asks not just what talk shows can tell us about mass media, but also what they reveal about American culture more generally.

      Trade Review
      "Laura Grindstaff went to the front lines of talk show production and lived to tell the tale. She comes back with the goods. The Money Shot is a rare tour through one of the stranger spots on American television, combining funny/disturbing stories and inside scoops with sharp, learned insights into the management - by producers, guests, audiences, and American culture as a whole - of emotion, expertise, fame, and, most important, of class." - Joshua Gamson, author of Freaks Talk Back

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