Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Audiobook7 hours
Captive Audience: On Love and Reality TV
Written by Lucas Mann
Narrated by Lucas Mann
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this audiobook
An intimate portrait of a marriage intertwined with a meditation on reality TV that reveals surprising connections and the meaning of an authentic life. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL.
In Lucas Mann's trademark vein—fiercely intelligent, self-deprecating, brilliantly observed, idiosyncratic, personal, funny, and infuriating—Captive Audience is an appreciation of reality television wrapped inside a love letter to his wife, with whom he shares the guilty pleasure of watching "real" people bare their souls in search of celebrity. Captive Audience resides at the intersection of popular culture with the personal; the exhibitionist impulse, with the schadenfreude of the vicarious, and in confronting some of our most suspect impulses achieves a heightened sense of what it means to live an authentic life and what it means to love a person.
Unavailable
Related to Captive Audience
Related audiobooks
Ghost Channels: Paranormal Reality Television and the Haunting of Twenty-First-Century America Fooling with the Amish: Amish Mafia, Entertaining Fakery, and the Evolution of Reality TV Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTrue Story: What Reality TV Says About Us Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Housewives: The Real Story Behind the Real Housewives Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Retro Active Television: An In-Depth Perspective on Classic TV's Social Circuitry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On Marilyn Monroe: An Opinionated Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsForeverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Metamorphosis of Love Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEncounter: Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Write a Bestselling Contemporary Romance: The Art of Swoon: Mastering the Contemporary Romance Genre Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDream, Plan, and Go: A Travel Guide to Inspire Your Independent Adventure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Intelligence for Dummies: Essays and Other Collected Writings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What's Good?: A Memoir in Fourteen Ingredients Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Taming of the Shrew (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Brief Encounters: A Collection of Short Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGhostly Encounters: Confessions of a Paranormal Investigator Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Serial Killers At The Movies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Whispers of Whimsy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInfidelity and Other Affairs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings15 Shades of Romance: Unveiling the Secrets and Surprises of Love's Spectrum Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLiquid Sunshine: Where Words Beam To Flow Through You Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Why I Am So Romantic: Unveiling the Depths of Personal Connection and the Allure of Love Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSociopath: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Personals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The War of the Worlds Murder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Performing Arts For You
The Grapes of Wrath Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Power of Myth Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hamlet: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Birth of The Endless Summer: A Surf Odyssey Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Swingtime for Hitler: Goebbels’s Jazzmen, Tokyo Rose, and Propaganda That Carries a Tune Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dracula (dramatic reading) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Midsummer Night's Dream: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Create: Tools from Seriously Talented People to Unleash Your Creative Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Macbeth: Fully Dramatized Audio Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Romeo and Juliet: The Fully Dramatized Audio Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Save the Cat! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5NPR Funniest Driveway Moments: Radio Stories That Won't Let You Go Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Is this Anything? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bel Canto Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Science of Storytelling Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dying of Politeness: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Julius Caesar: A Fully-Dramatized Audio Production From Folger Theatre Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice From a Professional Clown Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Frankenstein (dramatic reading) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pure Drivel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Book Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related podcast episodes
Quincy Bazen: Comedy and His Journey to Authenticity 0% found this document usefulS03E06: Exploring the Cultural, Historical, and Culinary Significance of Chilis with Victor Valle 0% found this document usefulSurrender, Synchronicities, & Building UFOs with Brandon Thomas 0% found this document usefulEveryone Has a Story with Lily Clayton Hansen + Ask Shannah 0% found this document usefulA GHOSTING QUEEN: Ghosting in Modern Dating 0% found this document usefulBlood, Sex and Magic: Bri Luna of The Hoodwitch: Blood, Sex and Magic: Bri Luna of The Hoodwitch 0% found this document useful118 - Lisa ‘L-Dubz’ Winneke - The courage to be authentic! 0% found this document usefulPromo/Upcoming Episode - Award Winning Author Dennis Lehane discusses his new book “Small Mercies” 0% found this document usefulPromo/Upcoming Episode - Award Winning Author Dennis Lehane discusses his new book “Small Mercies” 0% found this document usefulSharing your personal life on your podcast with Kat John 0% found this document usefulEmotional Cartography: Charting the Inner Landscape with Christina Carlson | Season 2.5 Ep.120 0% found this document usefulLove and Finances: Challenging Gender Roles in Today’s Relationships feat. Carla Hall & Kim Ndubizu 0% found this document useful265- 'I am Bride' with Laura Willcox 0% found this document usefulThe Podcast - Episode 2: The Sisters of The Ripped Bodice 0% found this document usefulEpisode 226 Britta + Welcome New Co-Host!: #ownyourdrop 0% found this document useful
Related articles
'BoJack Horseman' Rides Into the Sunset NPRArticle
'BoJack Horseman' Rides Into the Sunset
Feb 1, 2020
3 min readThe New Reality TV The AtlanticArticle
The New Reality TV
Dec 31, 2016
4 min readAbsurd! Comic! Docu-series? POV MagazineArticle
Absurd! Comic! Docu-series?
Apr 29, 2021
9 min readThe Blurry Line Between Magical Realism and Magical Thinking The AtlanticArticle
The Blurry Line Between Magical Realism and Magical Thinking
Sep 28, 2021
5 min readGod’s Sake The RakeArticle
God’s Sake
Oct 7, 2021
8 min read2020 Changed What TV Is For The AtlanticArticle
2020 Changed What TV Is For
Dec 27, 2020
4 min readDavid Lynch Memoir 'Room To Dream' Charms — But Doesn't Demystify NPRArticle
David Lynch Memoir 'Room To Dream' Charms — But Doesn't Demystify
Jun 23, 2018
3 min read'White Lotus' Creator Mike White Finds Wide Success After 25 Years In The Margins NPRArticle
'White Lotus' Creator Mike White Finds Wide Success After 25 Years In The Margins
Dec 5, 2022
4 min readDanny Robins Interview: ‘If Ghosts Exist, We Might Get A Chance To Live On’ Evening StandardArticle
Danny Robins Interview: ‘If Ghosts Exist, We Might Get A Chance To Live On’
Apr 7, 2022
4 min readA Royal Rainbow Family OUTArticle
A Royal Rainbow Family
Mar 22, 2022
5 min readWhat Would the Buddha Watch? Lion's RoarArticle
What Would the Buddha Watch?
Sep 18, 2018
12 min readHe Was An Architect NPRArticle
He Was An Architect
Dec 22, 2020
11 min readThe Surprising, Unorthodox Media Criticism of High Maintenance Literary HubArticle
The Surprising, Unorthodox Media Criticism of High Maintenance
Feb 12, 2018
7 min readWhat Anthony Bourdain Understood About Authenticity The AtlanticArticle
What Anthony Bourdain Understood About Authenticity
Jun 12, 2018
4 min readKeep Love Alive L'OFFICIEL USAArticle
Keep Love Alive
Oct 2, 2020
8 min readReality TV Has Shaped Our World TIMEArticle
Reality TV Has Shaped Our World
Aug 12, 2022
5 min readReality TV Has Shaped Our World Time Magazine International EditionArticle
Reality TV Has Shaped Our World
Aug 13, 2022
5 min readIs It Just Me Or Is Riverdale A Bold, Experimental Masterpiece? Total FilmArticle
Is It Just Me Or Is Riverdale A Bold, Experimental Masterpiece?
Jul 20, 2023
1 min readNetflix’s Inventing Anna Writes a Check It Can’t Cash The AtlanticArticle
Netflix’s Inventing Anna Writes a Check It Can’t Cash
Feb 11, 2022
4 min readQueer Revolution, televised OUTArticle
Queer Revolution, televised
Nov 26, 2019
10 min readLicorice Pizza Little White LiesArticle
Licorice Pizza
Jan 13, 2022
4 min readAs She Treasures Her Special Memories Of The Late Queen The Duchess Of Sussex On Being ‘Energised’ About Her Life With Prince Harry HELLO magazineArticle
As She Treasures Her Special Memories Of The Late Queen The Duchess Of Sussex On Being ‘Energised’ About Her Life With Prince Harry
Oct 24, 2022
4 min read‘The Princess’ Review: The Story Of Princess Diana, As The Media Told It And Covered It Chicago TribuneArticle
‘The Princess’ Review: The Story Of Princess Diana, As The Media Told It And Covered It
Aug 12, 2022
5 min readPose Lets In the Light The AtlanticArticle
Pose Lets In the Light
Jun 12, 2019
4 min readAgainst Oblivion Cinema ScopeArticle
Against Oblivion
Dec 28, 2018
9 min readLuxe For Life: How Selling Sunset Became TV’s Most Addictive Reality Show The IndependentArticle
Luxe For Life: How Selling Sunset Became TV’s Most Addictive Reality Show
Apr 22, 2022
7 min readLuxe For Life: How Selling Sunset Became TV’s Most Addictive Reality Show The IndependentArticle
Luxe For Life: How Selling Sunset Became TV’s Most Addictive Reality Show
Apr 21, 2022
7 min readA Gentler Reality Television The Paris ReviewArticle
A Gentler Reality Television
May 8, 2018
6 min read'The Hills' Helped Invent The Social Media Influencer. Now What? Los Angeles TimesArticle
'The Hills' Helped Invent The Social Media Influencer. Now What?
Jun 25, 2019
4 min readMaury Povich Is Done With TV And He Couldn’t Be Happier About It Los Angeles TimesArticle
Maury Povich Is Done With TV And He Couldn’t Be Happier About It
Jun 29, 2022
7 min read
Reviews for Captive Audience
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews