Long before there was reality TV, there was Charles Kuralt and his CBS crew crammed into a mobile home driving along the back roads of American looking for interesting people to talk to. It sound a little quaint in a time when practically anybody willing to make a total ass of themselves on TV can get a show of their own, but what Kuralt and his team does simply talking to people about the everyday lives is absolutely fascinating. This isn’t reality TV in the cheap form it is celebrated today: It’s truthful journalism at its best.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
On the road with Charles Kuralt
Long before there was reality TV, there was Charles Kuralt and his CBS crew crammed into a mobile home driving along the back roads of American looking for interesting people to talk to. It sound a little quaint in a time when practically anybody willing to make a total ass of themselves on TV can get a show of their own, but what Kuralt and his team does simply talking to people about the everyday lives is absolutely fascinating. This isn’t reality TV in the cheap form it is celebrated today: It’s truthful journalism at its best.
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