Kid Nation: Reality TV gone wrong? (Trees And Things)

thefadd: Re: Kid Nation: Reality TV gone wrong?

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:18:09 EST

It wouldn't be unfair to characterize the production of any reality television show as a kidnapping of the participants. One must seriously question the mental health of anyone willing to go on one of these shows, let alone send someone else, and in fact m

ms sue: Re: Kid Nation: Reality TV gone wrong?

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:38:15 EST

And your way of phrasing it almost makes it seem like kidnapping, so I'm not sure that's fair.

I was actually just quoting from the article to which I linked. I in now way think that this even remotely resembles a kidnapping. The parents quoted i

thefadd: Re: Kid Nation: Reality TV gone wrong?

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:55:44 EST

Are all such releases a "22-page, single-spaced, legally exhaustive contract allowing them to whisk your child to unspecified "remote" and "inherently dangerous" locations."

Yes.

pO157: Re: Kid Nation: Reality TV gone wrong?

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:37:17 EST

"Standard" in the sense that every media company or whatever almost certainly covers their ass as completely as possible.

The thought of a random studio lawyer pondering in advance the chances of 10 year olds giving each other STDs and de

DEMachina: Re: Kid Nation: Reality TV gone wrong?

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:37:41 EST

"Standard" in the sense that every media company or whatever almost certainly covers their ass as completely as possible. I suspect the release the people who were on Survivor had to sign was pretty similar.

And your way of phrasing it almost make

ms sue: Re: Kid Nation: Reality TV gone wrong?

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:30:47 EST

The release seems pretty standard to me

Do you mean standard for the entertainment industry? Are all such releases a "

pO157: Divorce Court is the next reality

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:02:29 EST

Just wait until one of the couples who signed off on the show gets divorced. I can see the proceedings now:

Your honor, my ex-wife allowed my daughter to be shipped off to a New Mexico desert with no supervision for 40 days to be watched by viewers arou

DEMachina: Re: Kid Nation: Reality TV gone wrong?

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:44:28 EST

I'm not really sure how I feel about this.

It's an intriguing idea to the armchair sociologist in me. I'd be interested to see if this results in similar problems to those of larger societies. There's this quote by a sociologist in