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Brat Camp: Fifth Installment in the Works

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Deborah:
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The Luffly Shandy:
So what's the whole story about brat camp? Because during my stay at turn about they were filming a German version of brat camp, and there weren't parents or anything like that...

Covergaard:
If you look on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brat_Camp you will find, that there is several countries involved in the "Brat camp" concepts.

TwentyTwenty in UK started it. They used Redcliff with a huge success. "Everyone" like to see people break down on television and they got their money worth. Redcliff was so harsh on these kid (But not as harsh as they wanted to be. Read the link in the article.)

Redcliff did not want to ease off children just for the TV, so Aspen took on the next season (as well as season 3 and 4). The UK viewers wanted to see new stuff every year, so they tried to bring the parents along in the forth season. (Parents do have a part in creating a so-called "brat". It came apparent in season two, where a parent on TV say "You actions may me consider suicide". What kind of parent would use such a threat?)

Aspen gave up after season 4 and left it to Anasazi to make UK version 5.

ABC brought the concept from TwentyTwenty to create an American version, which became "ABC Brat Camp". They used Sagewalk and it resulted in criticism back in the states. So there would not be a second season in your country.

The concept was also sold to Germany and the Netherlands. They would properly use a RTC like Turnabout Ranch due to the language barrier. (It would be dangerous if a misslead instruction would lead to a child dying in the wilderness. As you know it very well Turnabout is a prison without walls. Where could the children go?).

They were trying to hire personel speaking german and dutch. I dont think that they would get very qualifitied instructors, because most professionels in Europe finds the stuff that is going on over at your place child abuse.

Deborah:
You catagorize Brat Camp as a "Reality TV" show, which is inaccurate. Might you consider editing that? While they may have been billed as Reality TV to increase interest, they were considered Documentaries by the producers and programs. Nothing staged, not for entertainment, but to educate Brits about how Amurkins deal with their rowdy kids.
Classifying them as Reality TV is deceptive and could lead the viewing audience to believe that the takedowns and other abuse was stage for affect.

http://www.fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.ph ... ary#238492
http://www.fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.ph ... ary#238483

Covergaard:
But it is not the real thing. If look on wikipedia and read Redcliff's account of why they did not want to be a part of the show anymore, they claim that they had to think too much about what they said to the children.

Wayne in season two could not "wrestle" with the girl as he used to do if we should take "Toni in Utah" serious.

They were cared for, so the viewers could get the impression that the staff was there for them.

It was harsh on the children, but not quite reality. We should also keep in mind that it is 24 hours of television cut down to 1 hour. How many tears did Jada not cry, we did not see. Check Lauren's myspace (I will respect her privacy and send you the link as a personal message.) with pictures of sagewalk taken apart from the aired program. Someone even smiled.

We must also keep in mind off, why there are so many programs out there which want to be a part of the "Brat camp" succes. It is the money. One dead child in "brat camp" and the industry is finished.

Documentary? Perhaps. But not a documentary about the industry, but about what is does to a child when it is put on display with all the personal problem displayed for the entire nation.

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