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85. The Real Housewives of Orange County , season 3.
86. The Real Housewives of Atlanta , season 1.
87. Stevens 2011. Stevens here is actually talking about prime-time sitcoms. But reality television, clearly, is the nastiest and—judging from its dominance as a genre—broadest platform for the bitch to perform on. Whether they are competing with their nails out on The Bachelor or hurling insults at one another (and sometimes threatening physical violence) on the “reunion” shows of The Real Housewives, the women of reality television, apparently, have no impulse control whatsoever. And those impulses are generally envious, narcissistic, knee-jerk defensive, and brutally catty. They seem incapable of seeing another person’s point of view, which is why their fights inevitably escalate into increasingly juvenile rants. They goad one another: “Bring it on!” is their favorite mantra. (Or what amounts to the same thing—“You don’t want to go there!”—which virtually ensures that they will.)
Are these people for real? Yes and no. Many of the housewives seem to have been chosen on the basis of the size of their houses and the ostentation of their decorating, pretty much ensuring that the shows won’t be about the lifestyles of the modest and self-restraining. The most attention-getting reality-show participants get rewarded with fame, book deals, record contracts—talent is irrelevant—so bad behavior pays off. (One of the housewives of the Miami franchise complained that their show wasn’t as popular as the others because the women weren’t being outrageous enough.) The footage is “real,” reality-TV execs emphasize, and captures nothing that didn’t actually happen. But psychological manipulation on shows such as The Bachelor (constant surveillance, feeding misinformation to participants, abundant alcohol, and isolation) and skillful editing ensures that the worst comes out, often in the mode of various regional and ethnic stereotypes.
88. Herbst 2010, 133.
89. Eades 2007.
90. Stepp 2011.
91. Ibid.
92. Denby 2009.
93. Douglas 2009.
94. N. Wolf 1994, xxvii.
95. Ibid.
96. Ibid., xxvii–xxviii.
97. Roiphe 1994.
98. Paglia 1992, 62.
99. Argov 2002.
100. Dargis 2008.
101. Emerson 2008.
102. LaSalle 2008.
103. Burr 2008.
104. Kosman 2008.
105. Merin n.d.
     
    13. Anne Gets the Last Word (for Now)
     
1. Phyllis Wolf, 2011, comment on The Creation of Anne Boleyn Facebook page, www.facebook.com/thecreationofanneboleyn .
2. Connie Panzariello, 2011, comment on The Creation of Anne Boleyn Facebook page, www.facebook.com/thecreationofanneboleyn .
3. Lara Eakins, interview with author, e-mail, Lexington, KY, November 25, 2011.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. Ibid.
9. The Tudors Wiki 2008.
10. Claire Ridgway, interview with author, e-mail, Lexington, KY, October 24, 2011.
11. Sue Booth, interview with author, e-mail, Lexington, KY, October 24, 2011.
12. Ibid.
13. Natalie Sweet, interview with author, e-mail, Lexington, KY, October 24, 2011.
14. Barb Alexander, interview with author, e-mail, Lexington, KY, October 24, 2011.
15. Natalie Sweet, interview with author, e-mail, Lexington, KY, October 24, 2011.
16. Claire Ridgway, interview with author, e-mail, Lexington, KY, October 24, 2011.
17. Jessica Prestes, interview with author, e-mail, Lexington, KY, October 24, 2011.
18. Sarah Bryson, interview with author, e-mail, Lexington, KY, October 24, 2011.
19. Sylwia Sobczak Zupanec, interview with author, e-mail, Lexington, KY, October 24, 2011.
20. Brown 2007, 75.
21. Ibid.
22. Marlessa Stivala, interview with author and Natalie Sweet, e-mail, Lexington, KY, April 2011.
23. Karissa Baker, interview with author and Natalie Sweet, e-mail, Lexington, KY, April 2011.
24. Sara Compton, interview with author and Natalie Sweet, e-mail, Lexington, KY, April 2011.
25. Sophie Walker, interview with author and Natalie Sweet, e-mail, Lexington, KY, April 2011.
26. Michelle Kistler, interview with author and Natalie