"Reality"

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akivory

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I just saw a film crew filming a couple in an old beat up truck pulled over by a Alaska State Trooper. I live down the road from the Carlile lot on Ice Road Truckers. Last summer there were over 25 reality shows shot in Alaska. In the last two months I have been interviewd by three production companys wanting to do a series on hunting for mammoth tusks In the north.The first by a British company is the one I got excited about. It involved teaming up with natives hunting for tusks in Siberia. The other ones involved hunting for tusks in Alaska. A friend was involed in The Gold Fathers a series about mining. I was inteviewed but it did not make it into production.
I do not watch TV but from what I have heard from people involved that many of the shows consist of made up drama.
 
Yep, the lives of the couch potatoes have gotten so empty of meaning and ambition that they must have drama on the idiot box to sustain them. If a subject doesn't have interpersonal drama, it won't make it to the small screen unless they can find a way to add some. Dysfunction is now normal, people who can get along with others are freaks and no one wants to see people cooperate to achieve a goal.
 
We currently have an ongoing investigation in our town regarding the Turtle Man. Apparently he did a show in our town's swimming pool where he cleared out some poisonous snakes from the pool. I assume they were water moccasins but I did not see the show. People in town are a bit up in arms about this happening and apparently the whole show was staged. The snakes were put there by the production crew (there are not any cottonmouths in this area) and he was filmed removing them. I agree with the apparent lack of reality in "reality" TV.
 
One of the main attractions is to the networks is the cost . People looking for thier five minutes of fame will work for nothing. I have a friend who works on the NICS set who tells me actors hate these shows.
I ran into a friend at Sams Club last month who is a wideness guide. He was cast for a part
on a Nat Geo wildeness survival show. When he found he was only making $150 per day he was not sure he was willing give up his business and summer. I worked on two documentaries ten years ago hunting for frozen mammoths. At that time the camera man and sound guy were making were making $500 a day.
 
Sad but for many people honor and integrity has a price that can be negotiated. Had to laugh about water moccasins in a swimming pool, that's about the last kind of water you would find them in. They like their water but not chlorinated, fishless, clear and no trees hanging down low into the edges.
 
Maybe you're not getting picked for these shows for a reason. Next time, show up drunk, mostly naked, and pick fights with those around you. :)
 
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