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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Hunger Games: New CBS reality show exploits poor families by making them grovel for $101,000
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/the-hunger-games-new-cbs-reality-show-exploits-poor-families-by-making-them-grovel-for-101000/As if to prove there are new depths to be plumbed in the world of reality television (because who knew?), CBS just debuted The Briefcase, a show which takes poverty porn, class anxiety, emotional manipulation and exploitation and packages them all neatly into a pretty despicable hour of primetime television. Kicking off each episode with the question, What would you do with $101,000? the show then deep-dives into a competition that asks two unwitting, financially strapped families to choose between two no-win options: being financially solvent yet appearing heartless and greedy, or drowning in debt yet having audiences recognize them as selfless and giving.
Its hard to imagine a network executive didnt get the idea for this show from the Button, Button episode of the Twilight Zone. The Briefcase focuses on two middle-class familiesa questionable but highly American take on the phrase, since both are debt saddled, with one primary breadwinner, and essentially living on the edge of financial ruin. Both are told theyll be participating in a documentary about money. Instead, a producer from the show unexpectedly comes to their house with a suitcase full of cold, hard cash: $101,000 to be exact. That could be a life-changing and in the case of families so near the financial cliff, nearly life-saving sum of money. But this being reality TV, instead of just giving them the cash, theres a major catch.
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The Hunger Games: New CBS reality show exploits poor families by making them grovel for $101,000 (Original Post)
diabeticman
Jun 2015
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DURHAM D
(32,606 posts)1. Reminds me of the movie "They Shot Horses Don't They?" nt
MADem
(135,425 posts)2. It was universally panned.
WORST reviews I've ever seen for a new tv offering...bar none.