Prairie Home Companions
Newsweek, April, 2002 by Marc Peyser
It takes less than 40 minutes for the first person to start crying on "Frontier House." That's not so bad, given that "Frontier" is one of those semisadistic PBS shows where mild-mannered history buffs travel back in time to live just like the natives--in this case, like homesteaders in 1883 Montana. More than five months without telephones, running water or "The Osbournes" is enough to make even the most gung-ho pioneer break down. The thing is, Adrienne Clune doesn't cry because she wants her MTV, or even decent toilet paper. She wants something more essential. She wants her makeup. "I thought I looked like crap," Clune says in one of those video-diary moments that are mandatory even in a 19th-century reality TV show. "I'm sorry. I did not enjoy it. I tried all day not to cry."...
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