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"Once upon a time, a producer proposed a reality show..."
Posted by Estee on 07-28-04 at 11:41 AM
...with the tentative name of The Twist. The idea was to gather contestants, tell them the winner would be given a cash prize at the end, explain a few very simple rules, and send them on their way. But, as the show progressed, each rule would be broken, from the most trivial to those at the heart of the show. And the new rules, once established and made to look like the norm, would in turn be broken themselves. Every single assumption would be challenged. No one would be given a moment's peace. There would be no elements of the contestant's lives allowed to remain the same from day to day. Special mirrors would be placed around the playing area to make it appear as if the sun was setting in the west. And, when no one could understand what was going on, the contestants had clawed at the walls and begged to be released, the viewers had given up on the drek and turned it off forever -- only then would the cash prize be dispensed to a more-or-less randomly chosen contestant. Assuming there still was a cash prize.But CBS decided that wasn't a strong enough idea on its own, so they decided to add a bunch of hamsters in a cage and call it Big Brother 5.
(Or: if anyone's been wondering why there was no love/loathe list this week, it's because I hit the give-up point eight shows in.)
Table of contents
- RE: Once upon a time, a producer proposed a reality show...,Drive My Car, 12:27 PM, 07-28-04
- RE: Once upon a time, a producer proposed a reality show...,summer123, 03:15 AM, 07-29-04
- RE: Once upon a time, a producer proposed a reality show...,Cookiehahnster, 04:07 PM, 07-29-04
- The Paradise Hotel Syndrome...,IceCat, 01:31 PM, 07-29-04
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"RE: Once upon a time, a producer proposed a reality show..."
Posted by Drive My Car on 07-28-04 at 12:27 PM
Exactly! I hate this show. Why isn't it enough to just put people in a house with cameras and let them vote each other out?
That's enough!
"RE: Once upon a time, a producer proposed a reality show..."
Posted by summer123 on 07-29-04 at 03:15 AM
That is e-x-a-c-t-l-y what I’ve been thinking this entire season. Where have the “real” people gone? IMHO this season’s cast is obscenely boring, shallow & plastic – w/a few exceptions of course.
"RE: Once upon a time, a producer proposed a reality show..."
Posted by Cookiehahnster on 07-29-04 at 04:07 PM
Because that gets boring after the first season.
"The Paradise Hotel Syndrome..."
Posted by IceCat on 07-29-04 at 01:31 PM
Yup... all the classic symptoms.Tragic to see.