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I Am Cait mimics typical reality TV by trying to force dramatic narratives onto day-to-day life. And while spotting the fakeness was part of the fun of the Kardashians, here it verges on counterproductive.
This look at Caitlyn Jenner adjusting to life as a woman, is a thoughtful and sensitive piece of television. Viewed on its own of course it feels like just more trashy reality celeb stuff. Everything is relative I guess.
It's when she is shown spending time with those outside the celebrity bubble, working to be a force for positive change, that the show and Caitlyn herself are at their best.
I Am Cait is a respectable TV show with noble motives that easily evades my worst anxieties for it. And in doing so, it slams into what I never, ever could have imagined for it: dullness.
The lack of drama/conflict could be a point for the program, as a way of showing us that Caitlyn Jenner and other transgender persons are just normal - i.e., boring - people.
E!'s Caitlyn Jenner reality show I Am Cait is the opposite of trainwreck TV - orchestrated, yes, but still authentic, with moments that moved me to tears and a higher purpose beyond moving Kardashian-related merchandise.