I Am Cait Review: Reality TV Has Never Been This Essential Or This Good - Daily Beast
So I Am Cait arrives with the attention of an entire community hoping the platform is used to educate and inspire. And it arrives with the attention of a nation of skeptics wondering whether a reality show on the channel the Kardashians built on guilty-pleasure vapidness would squander teaching moments in favor of empty-calorie entertainment. After all, reality TV, despite its origins as a medium that forced audiences to confront culture and their own ignorance in order to inspire empathy and progress, has become, by and large, garbage. The tension between information and entertainment has snapped as the pull of catfights, drunken debauchery, and sex-sex-sex became too strong. I Am Cait , however, is reality TV in its highest form. ” And then the weight of all: “I hope I get it right”—a dramatic pause—“I hope I get it right. I Am Cait is as moving as you hoped it would be, and as serious and educational as it needs to be—featuring a very controlled message about what it means to be transgender in the year 2015 and what Caitlyn Jenner’s journey does and, more... Source: www.thedailybeast.com
