yes, great points and observation. We could take the concept of spectacle all the way back to the origins of religion, tbh. From David Hawkes' book: "To take an image for true reality is the most heinous of all sins" in Islam, Christianity and Judaism (i.e., idolatry). I didn't mean to be ahistorical in my earlier comment, but rather chose a time during the television era because it was closer to the dawn of reality TV