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- Title
Workers' confessions and the reality TV series Undercover Boss.
- Authors
Davies, Lyell
- Abstract
The article critiques the reality television show "Undercover Boss." Topics discussed include capitalizing on the challenges faced by U.S. employees, a focus on workers' dramatic personal confessions and portrayal of benevolent employers instead of calls for labor reform, and its failure to advance economic justice. Also mentioned are the nullification of workers' significance, the show's depiction of what the public wants to see, and how executives pose as employees to interact with workers.
- Subjects
UNDERCOVER Boss (TV program); REALITY television programs; REALITY television program participants; WORKING class on television; SOCIAL conditions of employees
- Publication
Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media, 2013, Issue 55, p50
- ISSN
0146-5546
- Publication type
Film/Television Criticism