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Revisiting Sarah Gertrude Shapiro, Creator of Lifetime’s 'UnREAL'
The dramedy UnREAL, now in its second season, is a major departure from the typical Lifetime fare. The series co-creator Sarah Gertrude Shapiro tells us how her past experience working on The Bachelor led to the creation of a show all about the behind-the-scenes machinations of a reality TV producer.
By Kim Masters • • 29m ListenWe’re revisiting a conversation with writer, producer and ardent feminist Sarah Gertrude Shapiro. When she was starting out working in television, she found herself almost conscripted to work as a producer on The Bachelor. Problematic as the show is to her ideals, she does understand the appeal. Shapiro tells us how she mined her ambivalence about that experience to create the Lifetime series, UnREAL, a dramedy set behind the scenes of a reality show. Plus, an all new Hollywood news banter.
Photo: Sarah Gertrude Shapiro, co-creator of UnREAL, courtesy of Lifetime
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Read the story8 minSarah Gertrude Shapiro on “UnREAL”
Sarah Gertrude Shapiro didn’t set out to be a producer on The Bachelor. She wanted to be a filmmaker, but to pay the bills, she went to work on another reality show that was not quite so offensive to her feminist ideals.
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