I am not normally a fan of reality tv shows, It brings out the worst in people, they scheme,lie, betray, and generally are the worst types of people that you wouldn't want to be associated with in your own personal life.
There are a few exceptions to the reality genre that I do enjoy, one tv series is called Forged in Fire, where four blacksmiths come to test their skills in steel weapon making, the contestants actually help each other, and while they are still very competitive, there is no back stabbing, or foul play involved. If a contestant fails in their task they respectfully leave the show claiming that they didn't expect it to be so challenging, but they were happy they got the opportunity. This is how grown adults should act and behave.
Another show, that was decent but started to go askew was a Netflix show called Instant Hotel, where the contestants rented out their homes for others to enjoy. It started out courteous, but turned dark when players started to scheme. One group of players really got my hackles up, as they didn't fit in with the show at all, and the property was not actually theirs, it was their parents and they were trying to rent it out. These people were from the rich and spoiled side of the upper class section of society, they didn't have to work, were lazy, selfish, and did not know the value of money or how to make it.
Which brings me to my idea of a reality show.
Silver Spoon, where the contestants are rich spoiled brats, that only care about themselves, they are put into a poverty type situation in which they have live for a month, they get 20 dollars a day, a fully furnished apartment with all the furniture bought from second hand stores, a tv with no cable channels, but they can choose to buy it if they can afford it, a job at a grocery store, a corded phone, no cell phones, they are only allowed to call certain numbers and the phone is used if they can't handle the pressure, to call and quit. They have to experience what it's like being broke for a month and have to complete tasks, like cooking their own food, cleaning their house, managing their money, and taking the bus to get groceries and to go to work. They would be put up in a poverty stricken area with other tenants who currently live there.
The prize would be a small part in a major movie, or an article about them in a prestigious magazine, something that would cater to their ego.
Silver Spoon would be a show I would watch, and I would hope that the contestants might even learn something that would make them better people.
Scott Goerz
