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	Reality Bites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Reality Bites is a 1994 film written by Helen Childress and featuring the directorial debut of Ben Stiller.
		The plot is centered around Lelaina (played by Ryder), an aspiring videographer working on a documentary called Reality Bites about the disenfranchised lives of her friends and roommates (played by Hawke, Garofalo, and Zahn), and to a certain degree, about Lelaina herself.
		Reality Bites is set in Houston, Texas (where the screenwriter's high school is located).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reality_Bites (507 words)

	Reality Bites
		On the other level, it's a play on "sound bites" -- reality bites, I gather, are the MTV-style documentaries (like The Real World) that serve easily chewable morsels of "reality." Both meanings apply to the movie itself, which uses bites of reality to demonstrate that reality bites.
		Reality Bites is the brainchild of two Gen-Xers -- director Ben Stiller and screenwriter Helen Childress, both making their feature debuts -- and boasts a cast full of them, including Stiller, who had his own variety show on Fox for about three seconds (enough time to snag an Emmy).
		That has to be the final gruesome blow to Reality Bites: When you have an actress like Winona Ryder, who can connect with us so strongly that we practically consider her a sister, you don't set her up with a guy we wouldn't want marrying our sister.
	www.angelfire.com /movies/oc/reality.html (950 words)

	Reality Bites, by The Plaid Adder - Democratic Underground
		Maybe this is human beings who, whatever their politics may be, really believe in the work they are doing expressing real concern about what is liable to happen under an administration which is far more interested in realizing its own fantasies than in understanding reality.
		Because when you think about it, the real hallmark of this administration is not its apparently limitless ability to manipulate perception but their utter impotence as regards reality.
		We knew that the real war would have to be uglier, bloodier, and longer than the fantasy war that eventually played out on American television.
	www.democraticunderground.com /articles/03/06/p/04_bites.html (996 words)

	Reality Bites! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		PBS grabbed 10 million viewers at the conclusion of the show (quite a feat for that time), which included the breakup of Bill and Pat Loud's marriage, and the coming-out of their son Lance.
		Reality, as Webster tells us (not the little guy who says, "What 'chu talkin' 'bout!") is the state or quality of being real, which is genuine rather than imaginary, ideal, or fictitious.
		But these real people are given commands like, "act natural" and "pretend the cameras aren't there," which are essentially acting instructions.
	onthebox.netfirms.com /Articles/RealityBites/RealityBites.html (702 words)

	Columns: Reality finally bites Bush
		Early on, Bush decided that his administration would adopt a "perception equals reality" approach to governance and stick to that playbook regardless of what America's lying eyes saw: a "Healthy Forests" initiative that opened federal forests to aggressive logging, a "Clear Skies" proposal that allowed more mercury emissions and air pollution from coal plants.
		I would say these "realities" have come crashing down, proving that gravity is a reality-based law of nature.
		It was a natural disaster, which meant Bush couldn't don his flight suit and shake his fists at the "instruments of evil" who seek to destroy us.
	www.sptimes.com /2005/09/11/news_pf/Columns/Reality_finally_bites.shtml (683 words)

	Vision - Reality Bites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The real game of survivor, however, is for those in the television industry who have faced shrinking audience numbers over the past few years.
		If we focus only on the rhetoric surrounding this genre of programming or fall into the trap of simply demonizing the networks, we may be failing to see that reality TV is a symptom of a more serious problem: society’s gradual surrendering of its civility to the darker side of human nature.
		Not only does reality TV satisfy a voyeuristic tendency in viewers, but when viewers see the contestants doing things they themselves are doing, or wishing they could do, it somehow justifies their own poor choices.
	www.vision.org /jrnl/0206/realitybites.html (1803 words)

	TV: Reality Bites
		Reality TV shows like Survivor II, The Real World, Making the Band, Big Brother, The Mole, and Temptation Island have become so popular the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences recently created two Emmy Award categories to recognize them.
		Reality shows date back to chestnuts like Candid Camera, she points out, which was developed more than 50 years ago and used a hidden camera to capture the reactions of ordinary people to extraordinary situations.
		"News and reality shows are always in the top 10 for scaring children, Even if the kids know that a lot of things on TV aren't true, [they know] these things are true," she says.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/30/1728_72588.htm (770 words)

	Random reality bites \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited Technology
		The Londoner's blog, Random Acts of Reality, charts the ups and downs of his life as an emergency medical technician, or EMT, for the ambulance service.
		As far as he knows, Reynolds is the only UK ambulance worker with a blog, although he has met US paramedics by joining Emergiblogs, a US-dominated blog ring devoted to blogs by emergency medical workers.
		Reynolds pays $10 (£5) a month to a service called MyOstrich to host Random Acts of Reality, a sum he says is tiny for the amount of enjoyment and number of friends he's gained.
	technology.guardian.co.uk /online/weblogs/story/0,14024,1254467,00.html (719 words)

	Mary Gleeson
		For a limited time, a limited number of copies of “Reality Bites” are being offered as e-books, because I don’t want you to have to wait to be a success just because a publisher needs time to print a book.
		“Reality Bites” is the only book of it's kind and it is receiving much acclaim through out the creative community.
		She is one of those rare people who can cramp 12 things in a 3 item day, do it well, and still have time to network.
	www.realitybitestv.com (907 words)

	Reality bites - Op/Ed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Most viewers realized it was just a gimmick and that these so-called reality shows were about as far from reality as you can possibly get without the aid of special effects and scripts.
		However, perhaps the most disturbing trends in reality television have been the trivialization of love and capitalization on the concept of the battle of the sexes.
		The deception as to how much Fox's "multimillionaire" actually had and how much of that was in real estate, as well as how quickly that marriage dissolved should have driven the point home.
	commonwealthtimes.com /news/2003/02/24/Oped/Reality.Bites-378846.shtml (328 words)

	Past Exhibitions \| 1996 \| Reality Bites: Realism in Contemporary Art
		Reality is three-dimensional and exists in the fullness of time and space, yet the painting itself has a "reality" all its own.
		This concept is clearly conveyed in René Magritte's famous painting of a pipe that is inscribed, in French, "this is not a pipe." The painting is not a pipe; it is a two-dimensional representation, and yet it exists on its own, as an object to be hung, collected, and preserved.
		It is the complexity and ambiguity of real life as lived that most of the artists in Reality Bites are depicting.
	www.kemperart.org /exhibits/CatalogEssays/realitybites.asp (3062 words)

	The Mahablog » Reality Bites
		But reality can be catching, and nobody avoids it forever.
		Poverty, jobs, environment, health care, you name it — every time, Republicans will insist there is no problem until the crisis actually gets in their faces and threatens to hurt them in the next election.
		Reality is settling over the GOP like a bad hangover.
	www.mahablog.com /2005/11/05/reality-bites (1668 words)

	Reality Bites \| TPMCafe
		Rather than enter into a “debate” in which I basically agree with most of what both Jon and Ken seem to be mostly kind of agreeing about, I’d like to add a basic point about the “idea thing:” Movement conservatism has failed in practice.
		That new reality presents a teachable moment for progressives in contrasting for the public our vision and ideas with the Right’s.
		The real reason that Democrats are in the current situation is a lack of backbone and political saavy.
	www.tpmcafe.com /blog/coffeehouse/2006/jun/21/reality_bites (2581 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: Reality Bites review
		Overlooked by both audiences and critics upon its initial release, fair or unfair Reality Bites bore the brunt of the post-grunge Gen X backlash gaining popularity in the media at the time.
		And that's too bad, because whatever its flaws, Reality Bites is an earnest, well-acted romance filled with big ideals and small pleasures.
		Universal has released Reality Bites on DVD, so now is a good time to take a second look at the film.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video/realitybites.html (603 words)

	Reality Bites Back - by Alan Bock
		But after the 9/11 connection, the elusive WMDs and the hinted Saddam-al-Qaeda connection turned out to be unviable as justifications, planting a democracy in Mesopotamia became the only justification the Bushies could offer with even a modicum of self-respect.
		The U.S. troops would be welcomed with hosannas and flowers, the Iraqi people would quickly take advantage of the opportunity for self-rule and establish (perhaps with a few fits and starts, given that real democracies are always a bit messy) a working democracy.
		Reality has been rather different, and in Gaza and Lebanon it bit back with a vengeance.
	www.antiwar.com /bock/?articleid=9386 (1504 words)

	Reality bites \| The Guardian \| Guardian Unlimited (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In lieu of evidence, the teller of an urban legend is apt to rely upon good storytelling and the naming of allegedly trustworthy sources (eg a friend of a friend who swears it is true) to bolster its credibility.
		It has never really left, though vampires have changed again: now they are not ghoulish Transylvanian counts, but hip, sexy, immortal teens from southern California.
		And it is also no doubt why, whatever real human beasts may be stalking the streets of Birmingham, stories of a vampire hungry for blood will be chilling and thrilling its citizens for some time yet.
	www.guardian.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /g2/story/0,3604,1392607,00.html (1695 words)

	ESPN.com: SPORTSBUSINESS - Reality bites? Tyson may get own TV show
		A reality show featuring Mike Tyson could be announced in the coming weeks, according to a Hollywood TV show producer who says he's been having substantive negotiations with a major television network.
		Stu Schreiberg, executive producer at Triage Entertainment, declined to comment on the specific network involved, but did say that over the last month the show's format has been finalized and, after surveying the TV landscape for interest, the suitor list is down to one network.
		In an ESPNEWS poll conducted on Wednesday, many readers voted that Tyson's next career move after Saturday's fight in Memphis should be in a reality television show, instead of retiring, fighting Lennox Lewis or opening a tattoo parlor.
	espn.go.com /sportsbusiness/news/2003/0219/1511367.html (488 words)

	Vision - Reality Bites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The networks are trying to profit from a trend, known as reality programming, that is designed to lure the elusive, unpredictable young adult viewer.
		The real game of survivor, however, is for those in the television industry, who are faced with shrinking audience numbers.
		They have tapped into a real side of human nature that is difficult to acknowledge.
	www.vision.org /trdl/2001/trdl010222.html (908 words)

	CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Columnists - Toth: Reality bites
		The Lions debacle was a dose of reality.
		I don't like the words 'wake-up call.' I have a dislike for those words but it slaps you with the reality you have to line up and you have to be on top of your game and, if you're not, things like that can happen.
		The first real test comes Saturday when the Grey Cup champion Edmonton Eskimos come calling for Game 1 of the regular season.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Columnists/Toth/2006/06/10/1624546-sun.html (547 words)

	A+E Interactive: Reality bites: "Survivor,'' "American Idol,'' "The Amazing Race,'' "The Contender''
		Reality TV won't have the stranglehold on the networks' prime time the way it did last September when the new season gets under way.
		Of course, what everyone is REALLY interested in when the first auditions are held is whether judge Paula Abdul shows up.
		And finally, there's good news for the fans of "The Contender,'' the engaging boxing reality show that was bounced around the NBC schedule so often last season it never had a chance to find an audience.
	blogs.mercurynews.com /aei/2005/08/reality_bites_s.html (582 words)

	Reality Bites News
		Reality Bites News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		Sometimes I wish I'd never made Reality Bites." Ethan Hawke is spearing a piece of sashimi a couple of hours before the premiere of his film The Hottest State at the Toronto International Film...
		Mid 90's optimism lives on in Current TV, the Google network that reminds you of that embarassing scene in Reality Bites when Ben Stiller shows Winona Ryder the mockery he's made out of her documentary video...
	www.topix.net /movies/reality-bites (591 words)

	Reality Bites
		Founded by documentary filmmaker Steve Manin, Reality Bites is proud to launch in The Village of Nyack, N.Y. It is in Nyack that our unique concept--creative quick-service food and drink within a comfortable “screening room” environment--will be unveiled.
		As far as we know, Reality Bites is the only store in existence that will rent documentary films exclusively.
		Reality Bites recognizes that the digital revolution has enabled almost everyone to become a film maker.
	www.realitybites.net (181 words)

	Amazon.com: Reality Bites (10th Anniversary Edition): DVD: Joe Don Baker,Bill Bolender,Helen Childress,Barry Del ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		It's really just a grunged out version of boy (ethan hawke) loves girl (winona ryder) but is too afraid to tell her, so girl goes off with another boy (ben stiller) and boy confesses his love to her, afraid that he will lose her forever - and now she must choose.
		I give REALITY BITES five stars because it is clever, emotional, thought-provoking (lots of "what ifs" for me), entertaining, and it's one of a few movies I own that I can watch repeatedly and enjoy each time.
		REALITY BITES is a great date movie, to enjoy with friends, or solo.
	www.amazon.com /Reality-Bites-10th-Anniversary-Baker/dp/B0001O3YV2 (1936 words)

	Reality Bites
		I was really suprised that I'd never seen your site before, since I generally have seen them all...
		Although I would say the harsh reality of ED's does need to be addressed, I don't believe this is the most appropriate way of doing it.
		Reality is hard sometimes but so is life..
	www.anorexicweb.com /InsidetheFridge/realitybites.html (1718 words)

	Reality Bites - Synopsis - Moviefone
		Out on her own and independent from her supportive, but out-of-touch parents, Lelaina faces the realities of careers and relationships.
		She can't stand her internship under a local television personality (John Mahoney), and she's forced to choose between Michael (Ben Stiller), a well-intentioned music-video network executive, and Troy (Ethan Hawke), a brooding, sensitive slacker.
		Meanwhile, she must also protect the artistic integrity of "Reality Bites," a video documentary that depicts the everyday lives of her friends (Hawke, Janeane Garofalo, and Steve Zahn).
	movies.aol.com /movie/reality-bites/8804/synopsis (153 words)

	Reality Bites
		Back in November on 97, I took an indefinite leave of absence from my weekly editorial here at Reality, and passed the buck on to John Paff who has done a great job with Reality Bites.
		But what I didn't mention was the fact that I felt the column had become to difficult to write, in a positive perspective, due to the recent problems at Apple Computer.
		Things were really a mess, like the streets of NYC on New Years Eve; confetti spread all over the streets, intoxicated citizens wandering aimlessly down 42nd street, and policemen on horse back eagerly trying to keep some form of law and order in a crowd of millions.
	www.appleinsider.com /archives/031698/Reality_Bites.shtml (1656 words)

	Reality Bites - by Nebojsa Malic
		It is hard to write realistic fiction when reality is far more bizarre than anything literary wizards are capable of conjuring.
		In a place that logic and reason seem to have abandoned a while ago, ironies and absurdities abound, as if what was once Yugoslavia had at some point entered the Twilight Zone — and it isn't even bothering to look for a way out any more.
		And while Albanians can't really say that John Paul II brought them independence, he certainly never found the time or the inclination to condemn their wanton destruction of Serbian Orthodox heritage in Kosovo.
	www.antiwar.com /malic/?articleid=5478 (1584 words)

	Reality Bites Back: April 2006
		Channel 2 used to throw a really large carrot in a desperate attempt to lure viewers, namely half the commercials.
		Does a 52-year-old mother of three teenagers really want to drag herself out of bed to appear on a program where the spotlight will never glare brighter and her every move and miscue will be parsed for signs of weakness?
		To hear that a tornado was traveling near the I-40 corridor and realizing you were about 20 yards from the interstate was a bit jarring to say the least.
	realitybitesback.blogspot.com /2006_04_01_realitybitesback_archive.html (4383 words)

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