‘Why was he still naked on TV a year later?’ The Contestant’s lingering questions, answered
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Japanese Reality Star Nasubi Recalls ‘Traumatic’ True Story Behind Hulu’s The Contestant Documentary
After winning a random drawing at a January 1998 audition in Tokyo, Nasubi was taken to a small, sparsely furnished room, cut ...
The Contestant might be the year’s scariest documentary
Producer Toshio Tsuchiya told Denpa Shōnen contestant Nasubi (born Hamatsu Tomoaki — the unusual shape of his face inspired ...
‘The Contestant’ and the Reality-Show Ethics We Should Be Weighing
The documentary tells the strange story of a groundbreaking 1998 Japanese TV show but doesn’t go far enough in its ...
‘The Contestant’ tells the bizarre story of a Japanese man who lived a real-life ‘Truman Show’
A Hulu documentary looks at the story of a Japanese comedian named Nasubi who became the unwitting star of a reality show in ...
‘The Contestant’: Traumatic Isolation Played for Laughs
A new Hulu documentary looks back on a Japanese reality show starring a man, Nasubi, who didn’t know he was on TV. In an ...
TV review: 'The Contestant' peels curtain back on the worst reality show of all time
Lists of the dumbest reality shows in TV history include the usual suspects: "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," "Flavor of Love," ...
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Director Clair Titely attempts to make sense of this bizarre entry in TV history by exploring it as a harbinger of things to ...
‘The Contestant’ tells the stunning tale of when reality TV met ‘The Truman Show’
This stunning documentary explores social media and reality TV through the story of Nasubi, the unwitting centerpiece of a ...
‘The Contestant’ Review: The Perils of Reality TV Laid Bare in Hulu’s Documentary
The Contestant' on Hulu looks at the aftermath of the 1980s Japanese reality show that was a forerunner of 'The Truman Show.' ...
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Contestant’ on Hulu, a Documentary About an Incredibly Cruel Japanese Reality TV Phenomenon
Tsuchiya – who amazingly participates in this documentary for reasons I might get into later if it’s not too much of a ...
Carmel Sepuloni believed to be contestant on new season's Celebrity Treasure Island
Former deputy prime minister and senior Labour MP Carmel Sepuloni is understood to be one of the contestants on the new season of Celebrity Treasure Island. The reality television show is due to hit ...