Donald Trump, Our Reality TV Candidate
As a reality TV professional, I would be lucky to strike gold like Donald Trump once or twice in a career. Gurney Productions found it with the Robertson clan on “Duck Dynasty.” You might watch a thousand casting tapes before you find a character half as watchable as Uncle Si of “Duck Dynasty” or Kim Kardashian or Flavor Flav. I can tell in 30 seconds of a Skype interview if a person is worthy of a show. I once talked to a fascinating young man who sells custom-armored vehicles to warlords in Africa; he was thoughtful, soft-spoken, conflicted about his work — dead-wrong for a reality show.
.. Donald Trump is the presidential candidate that reality TV made.
.. In fact, Mr. Trump may be even more entertaining as an underdog, when he’ll have even less incentive to play nice.