"Series 7: The Contenders"

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This paper examines how the television show, "Series 7: The Contenders", challenges the the line between the so-called reality-based, survival shows and fictionalized genres. It discusses how "Series 7", to the greatest degree, is a spoof of the idea that a game with real stakes, reputed to be stakes of life and death, could truly exist within an entertainment venue. It looks at how the represented goal of the film is the actual violent death of opponent players in the game and how the implications of such a production weigh heavily upon the viewing public and leave many questions to be answered by the phenomenon of television ratings.

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"In many ways Series 7 is making fun of the serious and dramatic tools used by other reality show marketing to represent the stakes as high as the viewers imagination can go. Yet the undercurrent of belief, for those who have not suspended their belief to such a degree, is that if a contestant in one of the programs actually needed immediate medical attention, due to injury, exposure or even physical exhaustion the system in place would save the person rather than allow them to die."

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