In order to revenge and gain money and fame, Rachel Goldberg, a film producer, who returns to the real dating program, after she had been fired out by the manager, the thing that makes her rage, so she makes up that television series that chronicles the lives behind the scenes, as she manipulates the contestants relationship and their shameful doings and aires them for the viewers, in order to make their rage.
I simply love the idea that reality TV has spawned something of value, and that scripted TV is "reading" reality TV, owning it as it takes it apart piece by piece. Let us be grateful that these reality satires aren't here to make friends either.
The world behind the camera is one of lies, deceit and grandstanding manipulation, and it's hard to portray that world with characters the audience can also sympathize with... and that's where UnREAL succeeds brilliantly.
UnReal is darker than a locked box inside a lightproof cube sitting on the bottom of the ocean at midnight. It is an ice cream sundae laced with ipecac, delectable and poisonous all at once.
If, despite all you know, you still choose to believe that most "reality shows" are real, stay far away from Lifetime's terrific new comedy-drama from Marti Noxon and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro.
On the other side of that terrible title is a show that's both engaging and thoughtful - one that's fun and highly critical and skeptical, but still feels sympathetic to people who make reality shows, people who watch them, and people on them.
Covering an episode of Everlasting each week, the show's narrative structure allows for the story to move fast and add a bit of fun that comes from each of the show-within-the-show's dates.
