[mob] [Fwd: MORE BREAD AND CIRCUSES!!!]

[Robbie Honerkamp <robbie@shorty.com>]

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> From: R. A. Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
> To: Digital Bearer Settlement List <dbs@philodox.com>
> Subject: MORE BREAD AND CIRCUSES!!!
> Date: 10 Dec 2002 15:33:28 -0500
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> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:11:50 -0500
> Subject: MORE BREAD AND CIRCUSES!!!
> To: rah@shipwright.com
> From: Charles Evans <cwe@chyden.net>
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2555837.stm
> 
> Fake millionaire to woo TV contestants
> BBC, 8 December, 2002, 14:31 GMT
> 
> A new US reality TV show starting next month features 20 women tricked
> into competing to marry a penniless builder posing as a millionaire.
> 
> The contestants in Joe Millionaire - filmed in secret in France -
> believe the American playboy has inherited $50m (£32m). He actually has
> an annual income of $19,000.
> 
>      In the end, he must reveal to
>      her that he's basically broke
>      Mike Darnell
>      Fox reality TV chief
> 
> Fox TV, which screened the controversial Who Wants to Marry a
> Multi-millionaire two years ago, has billed the new show as the "gold
> diggers and the ditch digger".
> 
> The 20 single women are flown to France to win the bachelor's
> affections, where they are treated to gourmet meals and horse riding in
> the grounds of what they think is his chateau.
> 
> But viewers will know from the start that Joe's bank account is empty.
> 
> Quest for true love
> 
> Fox TV will launch the seven-episode series on 6 January.
> 
> The show will "rip the mask off" people who compete in such programmes,
> according to Mike Darnell, head of reality TV at the network.
> 
> "We find out whether they're really doing this for love."
> 
> Joe will give each of the losing women items of jewellery of escalating
> value as he narrows down his list of potential partners.
> 
> He will be honest about other aspects of his life, including past
> romances, while concealing his poverty.
> 
> In the final episode, he will select the one woman with whom he wants
> to have a relationship.
> 
> If she agrees, Joe will have to tell the truth.
> 
> "In the end, he must reveal to her that he's basically broke," said Mr
> Darnell. "We get to see if she still wants to be with him. It's a
> spectacular show with a spectacular ending."
> 
> According to Fox Entertainment president Gail Berman, quoted by Reuters
> news agency, "it's a great spin on these kinds of shows and reality TV
> in general".
> 
> She says it will "cause some controversy and hopefully grab some
> viewers".
> 
> Kept in the dark
> 
> But Joe Millionaire will be a one-off series, she adds.
> 
> ABC screened a similar show which became a huge hit in the US this year
> - The Bachelor, in which women competed to marry a rich man.
> 
> Joe Millionaire was filmed under tight security to prevent any of the
> women discovering the truth.
> 
> Most of the production team and the butler hired to act as Joe's
> assistant were also led to believe that he was a real millionaire.
> 
> The series was made by the same company that produced Temptation
> Island, where couples were separated at a luxury resort and had to deal
> with the advances of models out to seduce them.
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