He's not rich and he is already "sort of" famous (but he's not a fake); maybe they should put him in the cast:
Posted on 02/12/2003 12:42:58 PM PST by ewing
Maybe 'Joe Millioniare' Evan Mariott's fake fortune isn't the only thing about the show that is fake.
Skeptics are increasingly wondering whether the entire show is a fraud.
Several of the gold digging bachelorettes have been revealed to be actresses or models, points out one writer.
And one Web site pointedly asks, 'So how much of this reality show is real and how much is purely scripted.'
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.com ...
He's not rich and he is already "sort of" famous (but he's not a fake); maybe they should put him in the cast:
It "sort of" has been done.
This Japanese movie stands little chance of ever being released here even though it is released in other countries (including England).
Hunter landed on Joe Millionaire after responding to a casting call for actresses who wanted to find romance in an exotic locale. Once there, producers told them Marriott had just inherited $50 million. Hunter says she and some of the other women were suspicious of Marriott's finances all along.
Melissa Jo also rightfully took on the bondage/foot-fetish model for her hypocrisy:
Still, Hunter can take comfort in not being outed as a foot-fetish film star as Sarah Kozer was."And she had the nerve to call me a name on national TV. Now look who's talking. Some people can be nice to your face and then something else behind closed doors."
I think that the name she was called was "slut" but I may be off. Funny thing is that the later contestants were the ones who at least were implied to have had sex with "Evan"/"Joe". He spoke to someone from the program in episode about bedding women based on a lie (that he has money). It means that we can agree what some of those women were, it's just a matter of determining their price.
Many game shows also have actors turn up as contestants. It's a real contest and they want to win. They have day jobs but generally the type that can allow for time off for film work. The women might have a case of "fraud" (the audience does not) but the contract that the women signed probably does not mention the money.
Its nothing new either. Look at how many "unknown" celebrities turned up as contestants on the Dating Game and similar shows.
There are attempts on some reality shows to script the action and there are also attempts to cast people who shouldn't be around each other so as to stir the pot and create chaos in the programs. Look at MTV's real world. For awhile they were putting genuine psychotic people in the cast.
Albert Brooks took on "reality" programming in the movie Real Life. It ended with the director of the tv documentary burning down the family's home to give it that "Gone With The Wind" sense of drama.
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