Rachel Goldberg's Un-Formal Analysis

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UnReal is a new Lifetime scripted tv show, a behind-the-scenes look at the production of a dating competition program. The show focuses on Rachel Goldberg a young reality television producer pushed by her immoral boss (also a woman) to do anything it takes to make good tv, dignity be damn! Created by the well seasoned producer/writer Marti Noxon whose credits include Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Point Break, Brothers & Sisters, Grey's anatomy, Private Practice and more. And Shara Gertrude Shapiro who herself worked for 2 years in the infamous reality tv game show The Bachelor. The show isinspired by her award-winning independent short film Sequin Raze.

After suffering a meltdown the season before, the main character Rachel comes back

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