Unreal. Season 2

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Call Number: DVD TV UnReal Season 2
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Title from container.
Originally broadcast on television in 2016.
Includes all 10 episodes from season two.
Disc 1. War -- Insurgent -- Guerilla -- Treason -- Infiltration -- Disc 2. Casualty -- Ambush -- Fugitive -- Espionage -- Friendly Fire.
Shiri Appleby, Craig Bierko, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Josh Kelly, Constance Zimmer, Brennan Elliott, Genevieve Buechner,
From Co-Creators Marti Noxon and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro, and starring Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer, the provocative drama UnREAL gives a fictitious behind-the-scenes glimpse into the chaos surrounding the production of a dating competition programme. Set against the backdrop of the hit dating competition show Everlasting, Season 2 of UnREAL is led by flawed heroine Rachel Goldberg (Appleby), who returns as supervising producer, renowned for her skills manipulating her relationships with, and among, the contestants to get the vital dramatic and outrageous footage that the programme's dispassionate executive producer, Quinn King (Zimmer), demands. What ensues once again is an eye-opening look at what happens in the outrageous world of unscripted television, where being a contestant can be vicious and being a producer is a whole other reality.
DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 2.0 stereo.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Unreality TV Fantasy submitted by Meginator on August 21, 2021, 8:25am Content Warning: This show revolves around emotional manipulation (often arguably abusive), unevenly handles its discussions about mental health issues, and depicts a racially motivated police shooting.

Overall, I think this season does a better job of balancing its storylines than the first season, with excellent interplay between on- and off-screen drama. The character development runs deeper and the producers face deeper moral quandaries than before while dealing with the consequences of their actions from season one. However, the writers took on too much and ended up falling flat in their effort to use the show to draw attention to very real issues about racial inequality. The use of a racially motivated police shooting to further a white character’s development is inexcusable, especially because the incident is almost shrugged off in the following episodes; like the characters who wanted to use Everlasting to provoke real conversations about racism in the United States, UnREAL’s writers lost sight of the potential negative impact of their actions. This is a shame, because the season finale offers a brilliant (and emotionally moving; I cried) repudiation of reality dating shows while offering yet another opportunity for viewers to grapple with the moral ambiguity of rooting for these terrible, terrible people. The character development and core ideas are solid, but the season ultimately misses the mark by taking serious issues and spinning them for drama instead of truly grappling with their implications. What a finale, though, culminating one one perfect shot.