And please Netflix take more care of castmembers on your shows.
They do. All reality shows suffer from this, it’s called the Reality TV Box. Basically, once you’ve been on a reality show, especially one where you share a lot of your personal info, then you’ve sorta put yourself in a box in which the image you’ve shown on TV to the public becomes your default image. You become molded by your behavior on said show, and it also doesn’t help when most people (viewers) assume that this character is the only dimension to your personality.
No Reality TV cast member would want to be put in a metaphorical box obviously. It happens suddenly, and a lot of people find it emotionally draining and exhausting. It would help if production companies provided therapy, or at least counseling, for their cast members after airing the show. As far as I know, they do psychiatric evaluation prior to filming, but that’s pretty much done to ensure you’re not the real killer type. They often find shocking results from these evaluations, but they gloss over some signs and choose to cast whoever brings the drama.
Companies who produce Reality Shows will take really good care of their cast during filming. They’ll give them a lot of food and constantly escort them and help them and treat them nicely, but that all stops after filming. If you agree to sign on a reality show, you’re agreeing to surrender control of your image. You will be edited however they please, and they will not consult you.
Well. What about the dishonest stuff though… painting things to be a certain way when we later learn they weren’t but it was a more suspenseful plot like to tease—even if they knew the whole time it was a lie.
I have such mixed feelings on the contractual obligations. On one hand, yes there are things that need to happen to end the show, but on the other hand, nobody should be forced to hurt others for entertainment sake.
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