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Catching up on Jerry Springer
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this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2024
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What I loved about the Jerry Springer show was he'd have some insane fight break out between somebody's baby daddy and their actual daddy and their uncle and then grandma throws a chair and the crowd is cheering for blood. And then at the end he'd have this somber monologue and always end with "Take care of yourself, and each other."
The juxtaposition of chaos and care was wonderful.
As someone who has never seen the show, and someone who is too lazy to look it up...was the show real?
Like real real? Not "WWE WrestleMania" real?
I know that reality shows aren't fully real but they are real adjacent.
I'm not sure and the opinion I've found on the Internet is mixed. Some blame the guests for making up stories, others blame the producers for creating drama. Jerry himself said it was 98% real.
Real people encouraged to lose control on camera.
And also liars looking for fifteen minutes of fame, who took less encouragement to lose control on camera