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Big Brother is a popular American game show where a group of strangers live together in a “house” with no interaction with the outside world, competing in challenges and avoiding eviction to win a grand prize of $500,000. The host is a lovely woman named Julie Chen, who narrates the show and is the lens through which we communicate with the Houseguests and the Houseguests interact with the game. The game mechanics will be explained as they are introduced in the story.
The competitors often go into a room known as the “Diary Room” to discuss events that have happened, share their opinions and strategies, or just to have a place to vent or cry. Scenes taking place in the Diary Room will be bracketed, and will sometimes be interspersed throughout other scenes to replicate the effect of the show. Example: [Character: “This is an example. I hate that b****.”] Curse words will also be censored to replicate the feeling of the show.
The portrayal of Julie Chen is an approximation of her personality on the show. All competition themes and season themes were created independently of the show and are not taken from existing material. Some aspects of the show will be altered (ex. The “Haves/Have-Nots” food portion) as the author sees fit to better represent the characters and to reduce potential harm in the readership.