Is writing really reality?

[PJS]

Not sure whether to laugh or to cry, or to haul out the passport and head to Turin. According to The New York Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/arts/television/masterpiece-an-italian-reality-show-for-writers.html?_r=0)

…what happens when writing becomes a broadcast spectacle? That question will soon be answered on Italian state television, which on Sunday is introducing “Masterpiece,” a show in which aspiring authors vie at literary challenges until one contestant wins a major book deal…

[r6d2]

Very interesting idea!

[Rdale]

So now they’re borrowing ideas from Monty Python?
youtube.com/watch?v=ogPZ5CY9KoM

[PJS]

My favorite Monty Python take on the writing life:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPSzPGrazPo

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