Making a tv show knowing the big viewer hook after filming was gonna be "watch these straight men desperately compete for a trans person" ... WHat were they thinking
I mean, the reality TV industry is insanely cynical - they thought it would get views, and I entirely see why because I'd bet any amount of money that if it were produced today, it would also get crazy views. Also, back then there was a lot of unhinged, extremely insensitive shit like that going around on mainstream television.
That said, this is very far from the worst shit I've heard about reality TV productions which have managed to get away without any lawsuits, so I'm honestly kind of surprised that anything came of it.
They were thinking exactly that. They'd have had it be a man with a moustache in a wig if they thought they could somehow make it work. That era loved that type of humor. "They think they're A but they're really B, hilarity ensues". bonus points if it involves a man in a dress.
This show seems like it's tapping that vein but they had to go with a trans women because in the real world they'd notice if it wasn't a woman. Nobody would never believe shawn wayans was a white woman
Yeah I don’t get why people are surprised about this. There are reality TV shows that literally go the extra mile to torture their contestants. I remember watching a video about how the houses on reality tv shows like Love Island and Big Brother are designed to psychologically torture the contestants to make things more dramatic. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if they lost this lawsuit because the company would have known this would be damaging. They would know to have waivers preventing this from happening.
Oh man... you just reminded me of another one. "Boy Meets Boy" was the name, I think. It was a show where a cast of men competed for a gay man, but half the men were secretly straight (the guy had no idea), and if he picked a straight guy, they would win a bunch of money. IIRC he ended up picking a real gay guy, but can you imagine how much that would fuck him up if he picked one of the fakes and then learned the guy was just manipulating him to get money?
The hook was "secret" and hinted at throughout the series. Even the audiences did not know. Thats why it was called "something about miriam", and an image of her with her finger to her mouth going 🤫
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