Reality Blogs
Put aside the blatant (and I mean blatant!) product placement in NBC's new reality series "The Restaurant," and it's not a bad show. Reality guru Mark Burnett knows how to edit footage into some pretty compelling stuff.
And you've got to love a reality series where the protagonist -- in this case, celebrity chef (and Maria fave) Rocco DiSpirito -- comes off as quite an ass. And the show makes it seem like his new restaurant, Rocco's, is a complete disaster.
This being reality TV, of course, things aren't quite what they seem. Certain events are re-shot for the camera, and plenty of things (there's that pesky product placement!) are re-voiced later.
All of this is currently being documented by several of the show's waitstaff (who, shocker, are all aspiring actors and actresses) on their own personal blogs. As far as I can tell, this is the most extensive blogging by a reality show's contestants as the show is airing. I'm assuming it's with the network and producers' blessing -- some of the sites have pictures and links to the official NBC "Restaurant" site.
Courtesy MSNBC's Weblog Central, here are some castmember sites:
Gideon Horowitz (he's the guy from the first episode who was first in line to interview for a job, and more recently broke his elbow in a fall captured by the cameras)
Lola Belle (bartender; seen frequently smoking, and rarely behind the bar)
Uzay Tumer (another waiter)
For what it's worth, all three castmembers/waitstaff say Rocco's getting a bad rap on the show so far -- and they particularly take pains to point out that restaurant general manager Laurent, portrayed on the show as a heartless French man, is actually a good guy.
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