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Thread #104286   Message #2133854
Posted By: Rapparee
26-Aug-07 - 11:19 AM
Thread Name: BS: Kid Nation - don't like the sounds of it
Subject: RE: BS: Kid Nation - don't like the sounds of it
Look: none, not one, zip, zero, nada, rien, of the "reality" shows are "unsupervised."

There are television crews, for one thing. And THEY live in decent surroundings, you can bet on it. You can also bet that if one of the participants was injured there would be a doctor, a helicopter, and a hospital involved lickety-split.

And where do the people "voted off the island" go? Are they killed and eaten?

The entire premise behind these shows is to show people in a non-threatening situation eating bugs and trying to start a fire because of greed. Hell, just get the people together and say, "Look, right over that hill the TV crew is eating steaks and drinking beer. Let's go join them."

You want a REALITY show? How about a single mother with three kids who goes to work every day for damned little pay? Or a senior citizen faced with overwhelming medical debt? Or a new college grad trying to make ends meet while paying off the student loans?