Why 🦉 CultureCultureCulture picked: A new documentary about the reality series, which gave participants extreme makeovers before pitting them against one another in a beauty pageant, fails to grapple with the show’s cruelty, or with the culture that enabled it. www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...

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  This is a critical review of a new documentary focused on the intersection of reality television and beauty pageant culture.

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