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Transcript

00:01

We speak student!

00:05

[ yodeling ]

00:07

Reality TV Part Nine

00:09

Docusoaps

00:12

[ dog barks ]

00:13

What is a docusoap?

00:15

Docusoap is a combination of the word "documentary" and "soap opera."

00:19

And a docusoap is

00:22

something like The Real Housewives of Atlanta,

00:25

Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

00:27

Shows where you are documenting people in their actual situations.

00:33

So a show like Masterchef, that you mentioned,

00:37

or The Amazing Race -

00:38

those kinds of shows,

00:39

you're putting people in very specific situations and then filming them.

00:42

A docusoap follows

00:44

people in their natural environments.

00:47

It's still scripted. It's still edited to seem a certain way,

00:50

but it is different watching the Kardashians live in their house

00:54

as opposed to putting the Kardashians on a deserted island

00:57

and seeing how they fare.

00:58

So that's what a docusoap is.

01:00

[ pen writing ]

01:02

What is a docusoap?

01:05

[ chuckles ] Not that kind of soap.

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