This week join Steve, Andrew, and Jonathan as they discuss the PBS 1973 series An American Family. Was it an experimental documentary? Was it the first iteration of what we now understand as “reality TV”? These questions and many others are discussed as we think through how affected one becomes when “living” in front of a camera.
Abigail McCarthy’s article on An American Family from The Atlantic: link
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- The Louds on the cover of Newsweek from March 12, 1973
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- filming the series
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- PBS promotion for An American Family (1973)
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- the breakout star of the series, Lance Loud (1951-2001)
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- Lance Loud in hospice care with his sister in 2001
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- Comparing the original 1973 series to its 2011 HBO recreation Cinema Verite
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