Rumors of another Bakken reality show:
"We're very interested in doing a show that would
be based in the Bakken and in North Dakota, specifically," Simonian said
from her office in Los Angeles recently.
"Things can always change, but
we're in the development phase right now and we're looking for
interesting people whose lives have been affected by the oil boom."
Taking the lead on the project, Simonian is talent scouting for
Big Fish Casting and working with Burbank, Calif.,-based Cheri Sundae
Productions. Simonian said she has received a lot of responses from
individuals interested in being featured in the show.
"What we're looking at is having something based somewhere from
Dickinson north," Simonian said. "We're looking for interesting people
who are likeable and outgoing with good personalities. I've talked with a
lot of people already."
Looks lame. Maybe if it was hosted by Al Gore ...
I wouldn't touch this lead with a 10 foot pole. North Dakota's past experience with the media has not been good. The media are kind of like the "Grifters" (defined elsewhere on this blog). They come to ND, talk very nicely (with a 2 forked tongue - to get their subjects to let their guard down), and then produce a show which all too often presents North Dakotan's in one negative light or another - perhaps good for video sales/ratings in other parts of the country at the expense of North Dakota.
ReplyDeleteAgree 1000%. I was not impressed.
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