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There's a lot of work that goes into making your favorite movies & TV shows feel so real. Meet the people who make it all happen.

How 'The Bold Type' Both Reflects & Idealizes The Changing Media World

Bustle's I Keep It Real series pulls back the curtain at how your favorite movies & TV shows are able to feel as realistic as possible. The Bold Type is glossy magazine fever dream: It exists in a world that's familiar with the dire state of the…

How 'The Morning Show' Gets The Chaotic World Of Morning TV Right

Bustle's I Keep It Real series pulls back the curtain at how your favorite movies & TV shows are able to feel as realistic as possible. From Broadcast News to The Newsroom to The Post and beyond, the world of journalism has fascinated audiences by…

How The 'OITNB' Season 7 Writers Kept The Immigration Plotlines "Depressingly Real"

Bustle's I Keep It Real series pulls back the curtain at how your favorite movies & TV shows are able to feel as realistic as possible. When Orange Is the New Black first premiered back in 2013, fans were quickly sold on the hilarious, and often…

How 'The Good Fight' Legal Consultant Irv Miller Finds Wild But True Cases For The Show To Use

Bustle's I Keep It Real series pulls back the curtain at how your favorite movies & TV shows are able to feel as realistic as possible. CBS All Access' acclaimed drama The Good Fight may have just ended its third season, but the world of the show…

How 'Jane The Virgin' Costume Designer Sage Kunin Uses Fashion To Bring The Telenovela Down-To-Earth

Bustle's I Keep It Real series pulls back the curtain at how your favorite movies & TV shows are able to feel as realistic as possible. When the fifth and final season of Jane the Virgin comes to its conclusion this spring, fans will look back on…

How 'Veep' Showrunner David Mandel Keeps The Satirical Comedy Rooted In Real-Life Politics

Bustle's I Keep It Real series pulls back the curtain at how your favorite movies & TV shows are able to feel as realistic as possible. Political TV shows are typically one of two things: intense and melodramatic (Scandal, House of Cards) or…

How 'Stranger Things' Music Supervisor Nora Felder Uses Songs To Make The Sci-Fi Show Feel Achingly '80s

Bustle's I Keep It Real series pulls back the curtain at how your favorite movies & TV shows are able to feel as realistic as possible. Considering that a typical episode of Netflix's Stranger Things features monsters, psychokinesis, and alternate…

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