Defying Reality Television

Graphic design by Angela McKinzie / North by Northwestern

It’s raining out in the jungle. You’ve been starving on this godforsaken island for nearly a month with the hopes of kicking everyone else off to win the million-dollar prize. You’re playing the reality TV game show Survivor. As the votes for the next loser are read aloud, you listen in horror. It’s you; after everything you’ve been through, the people you thought were your friends voted you out. You’re about to be banished from the game...