For all of the hype that once swirled around reality television, it was never real and hardly brave. The shows were considered real because the players were not memorizing lines, though ideas about what to say were often fed to the players. In this context, brave usually meant someone dared go without makeup for a close-up! Then there is the genuine real deal, when a show ventures into cinema verite, as does A&E's Live PD.
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