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It Was A Load Of Rubbish
Apologies for the corny summary but that's the only way I can sum up this TV reality show . I can see what the producers were trying to do , make a reality show that would make the audience think about their own lifestyles while being entertained but somehow I wasn't entertained and my only real thought process involved me thinking that the TV audience had been cheated
In some ways DUMPED reminded me of another reality TV challenge called SHATTERED from a few years back where the contestant who remained awake the longest would win a big money prize . What SHATTERED didn't mention until well into the series was that the contestants were all allowed two hours sleep a day thereby defeating its own purpose . Something similar happened with DUMPED where the contestants were informed that food would be supplied during the three weeks where as every trailer and piece of literature produced for publicity insinuated that the contestants would take nothing with them to the landfill site . Cue mental images of the contestants finding rats to eat
Cynicism also rears its head as to what was being dumped on the landfill site . Oh literally tons of timber , I bet the contestants could make a nice hut out of all that , oh the contestants are making a hut out of all that timber . How very convenient . Also very convenient that none of this material is ever buried in top soil . You know these big mechanical diggers that roam around land fill sites ? that's what their job is - to bury all the rubbish in top soil but strangely in this reality TV show it seems nothing is ever buried until it's been inspected by the contestants or more likely the presenter pointing out to the contestants what helpful materials have landed on their doorstep
As for the contestants themselves it's attack of the killer clichés . We see a couple of butch , unlikable female eco warriors , a moody black guy , a beefcake builder , and a camp bloke who looks like Billie Piper in need of a shave . Probably the highlights of the show was seeing one of the butch eco warriors collecting plastic to recycle only to find out after spending all day bending over collecting plastic bottles that plastic is not in fact recyclable . I could have told you that when I was a thirteen year old schoolboy . But it didn't stop there because after the three weeks had ended the presenter did a survey and found out that the people with the two largest carbon footprints were in fact the two female eco warriors !
Hopefully this damp squib has put another nail in the coffin for TV reality shows . Perhaps Channel 4 would also like to consider that there's millions of people in the world today who do live upon rubbish tips . Not for three weeks but for their entire lives . I'm sure they'd enjoy the all mod cons put on for the contestants
In some ways DUMPED reminded me of another reality TV challenge called SHATTERED from a few years back where the contestant who remained awake the longest would win a big money prize . What SHATTERED didn't mention until well into the series was that the contestants were all allowed two hours sleep a day thereby defeating its own purpose . Something similar happened with DUMPED where the contestants were informed that food would be supplied during the three weeks where as every trailer and piece of literature produced for publicity insinuated that the contestants would take nothing with them to the landfill site . Cue mental images of the contestants finding rats to eat
Cynicism also rears its head as to what was being dumped on the landfill site . Oh literally tons of timber , I bet the contestants could make a nice hut out of all that , oh the contestants are making a hut out of all that timber . How very convenient . Also very convenient that none of this material is ever buried in top soil . You know these big mechanical diggers that roam around land fill sites ? that's what their job is - to bury all the rubbish in top soil but strangely in this reality TV show it seems nothing is ever buried until it's been inspected by the contestants or more likely the presenter pointing out to the contestants what helpful materials have landed on their doorstep
As for the contestants themselves it's attack of the killer clichés . We see a couple of butch , unlikable female eco warriors , a moody black guy , a beefcake builder , and a camp bloke who looks like Billie Piper in need of a shave . Probably the highlights of the show was seeing one of the butch eco warriors collecting plastic to recycle only to find out after spending all day bending over collecting plastic bottles that plastic is not in fact recyclable . I could have told you that when I was a thirteen year old schoolboy . But it didn't stop there because after the three weeks had ended the presenter did a survey and found out that the people with the two largest carbon footprints were in fact the two female eco warriors !
Hopefully this damp squib has put another nail in the coffin for TV reality shows . Perhaps Channel 4 would also like to consider that there's millions of people in the world today who do live upon rubbish tips . Not for three weeks but for their entire lives . I'm sure they'd enjoy the all mod cons put on for the contestants
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- Theo Robertson
- Nov 3, 2007
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