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Life: The Movie
Aired 2/6/1999

Have all of the real-life figures turned into actors? In light of the OJ Simpson, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinski scandals, the media seem more and more like the entertainment industry. Has entertainment conquered reality?
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  Neil Galber
    author of Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality
  Peter Biskind
    author of Easy Riders Raging Bulls, How the Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Originally Aired: 2/6/1999

   
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