NEWS: An Amish Real World?

CULTURE: An Amish Real World?

The UPN network is in hot water for pitching a new reality show depicting Amish teens living it up in the big city. According to Pennsylvania lawmaker Joe Pitts :

UPN denies any allegations that they are exploiting this group and, at this time, the show is still in development.

Unplugging UPN's Amish Experiment? [E! Online]

Dwarf weddings on TV and now this? It's the End of The Empire.

ehh.. why not? it could be pure mindless entertainment. as opposed to the other shows on tv. oh wait...

If they had the Amish that wanted to do it...then fuck it go ahead....can't be anymore mindless than American Idol or anyother stupid "Reality" Tv.

Besides this will help me fill my Amish void in my life.

I'd actually watch an episode or two, love to see those Amish boys hit a girly club.

there was a documentary about that same thing called devil's playground i think. never saw it but heard those amish teens can go buck-wild.

Anyone see the documentary "the devils playground"? It's practically an Amish real world. It's about when Amish kids tunr 18 or something (not sure about the specific age), they are allowed to leave the church temporarily to experience the outside world, then make their decision to dedicate their lives to the church....or not. Basically TONS of Amish kids have HUGE parties just about every night, getting drunk and high and all that. These parties are so "good" that many non Amish kids envy them. It's actually a very interesting documentary, i recomend everyone check it out.

this thread begat this thread.

I've seen this, and it is worth seeing. I believe that age of "rumspringa" -- I'm not sure of the spelling -- is 16.

Most of the film focused on an Amish preacher's son, Faran. He becomes addicted to crystal meth, and ends up dealing to support his habit. It's pretty intense stuff.

Worth trying to track down if you have a good video store in town.

[Edited on Feb 24, 2004 by scatmonkey]

America has jumped the shark.

I love that expression...jumped the shark.

If Wierd Al isn't on this show, I'm skipping it.

the whole concept doesnt make sense to me....why are these people, who will NEVER watch tv, want to be on it? and the tv crew logistics just dont make sense to me either

a fine point... have the networks contacted him yet?

I can't see the Amish/celbrity thing meshing that well, but that's just me...

it's goin down on wensday, Amish In The City, man i don't know to watch or not

i'd say 'or not'.

watching tv is like hanging out with the kkk, it just makes you look stupid.