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How reality shows control when contestants sleep

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Personal autonomy is a joke when you live on a soundstage. Producers control the waking hours of reality cast members entirely by manipulating the harsh overhead lighting. If they want you awake at four in the morning to film a contrived argument, the artificial sun is coming up.

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