[amc] Fw: Amish in the City
- From: "Ray Gingerich" <RGingerich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Austin Mennonite Church" <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 08:26:06 -0500
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From: "David E. Ortman, Seattle, WA"
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Subject: Re: Amish in the City
> FR: David E. Ortman
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> Amish in the City is on this week. See write up in Christian Science
> Monitor. Critics are raving.
> ==
>
> from the July 26, 2004 edition -
> http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0726/p12s01-altv.html
>
> 'Amish in the City': Nobody drives buggies in L.A.
>
>
> By Gloria Goodale | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
>
> LOS ANGELES - Just when it seemed reality television couldn't get any
> worse, the unexpected happens: The genre takes a turn for the better, an
> event all the more surprising because a new series started out with low
> expectations.
>
> The title alone, "Amish in the City," seems intentionally provocative. The
> 10-part series, featuring five Amish youths and six city slickers, is set
> to launch this Wednesday at 8 p.m. on UPN.
>
> Announcement of the show earlier this year drew howls of protest from
> critics, the US Congress, and TV affiliates, who denounced it as a new low
> in "humiliation TV." Without having seen it, US representative Joseph
Pitts
> (R) of Pennsylvania has condemned the show for "grossly distorting Amish
> belief and culture."
>
> But what a difference a few hours of actual footage can make. After a
> private screening for TV reporters this past week, critics have begun
> taking back their criticisms because the show is unexpectedly good. In the
> first two episodes, numerous scenes offer a sensitive (if also
> entertaining) look at the anguish of young men and women of conscience as
> they question their dearest beliefs. Media mavens say this treatment is a
> sign of better things to come.
>
> "This is going to take reality TV to another level," says Nancy Snow, a
> communications expert at Cal State Fullerton. "I think we're going through
> a shift in attitudes about the format."
>
> Media guru Robert Thompson has watched reality TV evolve over the past
> decade and says this show sets a new standard. "It tells us the kind of
> thing the reality show can really do," says the Syracuse University
> professor, adding that the format of improvisation within strict
parameters
> has the potential to be a "whole new way of telling a story."
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