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Taking a Shot at the Bigtime and How Real is Reality TV?

Will Richard Shepard, the busiest director you've never heard of, finally make the big time when he premiers his star-studded film at Sundance? Then, a graphic and shocking trip inside the reality TV slaughterhouse -- where real life is skinned, gutted, and turned into the sausage of your favorite TV show! The Apprentice will never taste quite the same again.

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By Claude Brodesser-Akner • Jan 17, 2005 • 30m Listen

Richard Shepard, the busiest director you've never heard of, finally make the big time when he premiers his star-studded film at

Sundance? Then, a graphic and shocking trip inside the reality TV slaughterhouse -- where real life is skinned, gutted, and turned into the sausage of your favorite TV show!

The Apprentice will never taste quite the same again.

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    Claude Brodesser-Akner

    Star-Ledger / NJ.com

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