Catchword: frankenbite

Filed under: English, Entertainment, Television

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: Frankenbite…An edited reality show snippet, most often found in contestant testimonials, that splices together several disparate strands of an interview, or even multiple interviews, into a single clip. A frankenbite allows editors to manufacture “story” (see definition below) efficiently and dramatically by extracting the salient elements of a lengthy, nuanced interview or exchange into a seemingly blunt, revealing confession or argument. While the frankenbite’s origins certainly don’t reside in reality TV, this is a reality show editor’s most potent tool for manipulating viewer perception of a contestant.

Article or Document Title:
“Realityspeak: Reality television has developed a nomenclature all its own”

Author:
Kevin Arnovitz

Article, document, publication, web site:
National Post

Publishing location:
Can.

Date of publication:
Oct. 16, 2004

Page number:
SP5

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