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Reality-show contracts can rewrite your personality

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Entering the world of unscripted programming requires signing away your basic dignity. Bizarre legal riders explicitly state the network can aggressively manipulate footage to portray you as foolish, unhinged, or fully psychotic, completely legally blocking you from suing them for absolute character assassination.

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Reality-show contracts can rewrite your personality
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