Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Show Review - Kid Nation

[pilot episode aired Sep. 19 on E! Canada]

The title for this show is most certainly a misnomer. Bonanza City (the "town" where this show takes place) is really nothing more than a difficult summer camp for kids. The show purports that it's about kids building a new world for themselves but really, the show's producers/organizers are the ones building the world by structuring it as they see best by creating a town council in which they chose the members beforehand, asked the kids to organize themselves into four groups, divided the chores according to organized social classes and had an adult host to come in who regularily acted as a referee. Really, Bonanza City is very much an adult-designed town with kids thrown in to look cute and bring in viewers. No thank you! I have better things to do with my time then watch this dud of a show.

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