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The Cult of Reality TV Families

2023/12/5
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Jill Dillard: 本人讲述了与父母的冲突，以及最终离开节目的过程，其中包括面临来自各方的压力以及内心的负罪感。她还详细描述了在节目中缺乏发言权，以及与网络沟通的困难。此外，她还谈到了自己最初顺从的态度以及对父母认可的渴望。 Derick Dillard: 他从旁观者的角度补充了Jill的叙述，并表达了对节目中经济剥削问题的看法。他强调了在处理关系问题时给自己留出空间和时间的重要性，以及夫妻双方在做决定时达成一致的重要性。他还解释了他们要求经济补偿的原因以及被指责贪婪的感受。 Amanda Montell: 作为主持人，Amanda Montell 提供了对真人秀家庭现象的背景介绍，并对该现象的“邪教”性质进行了分析。她还讨论了观众对真人秀家庭的参与，以及儿童在真人秀节目中缺乏法律保护的问题。此外，她还对达格家族的案例进行了深入分析，并探讨了宗教信仰与缺乏经济保障的结合如何加剧儿童的服从性。 Amanda Montell: 节目中还讨论了TLC 从纪录片频道转型为真人秀频道，以及一些具有争议性的节目。同时，还探讨了TLC 因其节目缺乏细致入微的刻画，以及对社会问题的轻描淡写而受到批评。此外，还分析了《John and Kate Plus 8》引发了美国观众对大型家庭真人秀节目的痴迷，以及Jacob Roloff 对真人秀节目中窥探隐私和对家庭成员的简化刻画提出的批评。

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Introduction to the podcast and the addictive nature of June's Journey game, setting the stage for discussing reality TV families.

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*Wowowow, today’s episode featuring Jill and Derick Dillard (whom you might recognize from TLC’s 19 Kids & Counting!!) has been a looooong time coming. Imagine this: You’re born into a family that’s already a little abnormal because your parents are polygamists or you have 200 siblings or whatever, then a reality television network comes knocking with promises of money and glory, slaps your whole clan of loved ones into a giant pair of golden handcuffs, a bunch of exploitation ensues, and one day you wake up and realize you’ve spent your childhood in an insane fcking cult??? The “cult” of reality TV families is today’s subject of discussion, and what a juicy convo it was. Of all the reality TV family shows, which do YOU think is the cultiest?? **

**Click here to check out Amanda's new book, The Age of Magical Overthinking). **

**Copies of her last book Cultish can be found here) (and make a lovely holiday gift!). **

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