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September 03, 2004
Amish in the freakin' city?
As if I needed another reason to hate network television... I was surfing channels in search of a 48 Hours segment about a video client of mine, when I came across Amish in the City. No joke! This is a reality show where they take five Amish kids and put them in a house in LA with six city kids. The show is an exaggeration of "rumspringa" — a rite of passage in which young Amish adults may elect to leave the community and experience life in the outside world. The difference is that in the real rumspringa, they are not purposely tempted by show producers to make the show more interesting.
The good news is that it doesn't appear to be an outright slap in the face to the Amish. The producers do seem to respect the Amish tradition enough to make sure the show doesn't just become a series of gags making fun of the "backwards country folk." Regardless though, this show is dribble and insulting.
Posted by CDogg at September 3, 2004 09:39 PM