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/ If an average person on the subway \
| turns to you, like an ancient mariner, |
| and starts telling you her tale, you |
| turn away or nod and hope she stops, |
| not just because you fear she might be |
| crazy. If she tells her tale on camera, |
| you might listen. Watching strangers on |
| television , even responding to them |
| from a studio audience, we're |
| disengaged -- voyeurs collaborating |
| with exhibitionists in rituals of sham |
| community. Never have so many known so |
| much about people for whom they cared |
| so little. |
| |
| -- Wendy Kaminer commenting on |
| testimonial television |
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| in "I'm Dysfunctional, You're |
\ Dysfunctional". /
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