I can remember when reality shows were being discussed, and then in the early 1980s....."That's Incredible" was a big success. By 1989, "Cops" had arrived and introduced a new wave of entertainment.....unscripted to some degree and people like this raw situation show.
I noticed in European news this week....over in Czech.....there's a new TV series coming up.
They've taken volunteers and there's this family of seven who will go back in time to the spring of 1939. Germany has invaded Czech and this reality show (A Vacation in the Protectorate) will force the family into encountering radical changes in their lifestyle, starvation, Gestapo raids, and criminal prosecution.
It'll start tonight (23 May). No one says much over how many shows or weeks this will be done. My guess is that it's likely set in a rural village and they've got a hundred guys in the background to act as Nazi thugs or Czech secret police under the Nazis.
A shocker? Maybe. The first fifteen minutes of Tarantino's Inglourious Bastards is a fairly gripping moment and surprises most who watch it. I think people will feel the same way after watching "A Vacation in the Protectorate".
Adaption for an American product? Maybe. In an alternate time thriller.....you might be able to convince people that the Nazis could have taken over the US and changed the dynamics of society.
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