Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development - Defamer Comments

Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development

Trai_Dep — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:58:04 PDT

M -

No worries. Who needs contestants rewarded by food challenges when there's all that fresh "long pig" lying about the island? Suppose a flint would be humane, though. Makes the meat less gamey, more taste-like-chicken good!

Trai_Dep

Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development

Miss d — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:14:59 PDT

Those parents should forgo their rights...

And arm the little shits to the teeth...

What fun!

Miss d

Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development

Magister — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:41:53 PDT

@trai_dep: Unfortunately I haven't seen it, but then, I see no reason the kids couldn't be armed to the hilt and let the factions fight for control.

I just wouldn't want to see any of that mamby-pamby idol and reward challenge stuff; We wouldn't want to pamper the kids.

Magister

Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development

Trai_Dep — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:41:06 PDT

Magistar -

Have you seen Battle Royale? That's *totally* the concept in a nutshell.

Well, that and crossbows, Uzis, knives, personnel mines and a skillet.

Oh, and lots of unstated, hypermasculine homoerotic tension.

Trai_Dep

Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development

Magister — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:11:38 PDT

It'd probably be hard to top season one and if there were to be a season two, it'll most likely be out of the country because of labor laws and because a movie-prop ghost town would've already been done.

Hey, I know -- why don't they strand some kids on a desert island with nothing more than a book of matches and a couple of rocks?

It could be a cross between Gilligan's Island and The Blue Lagoon.

Magister

Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development

Trai_Dep — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:14:14 PDT

Season One: Kid Nation

Season Two: Kid Nation - Battle Royale!

Trai_Dep

Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development

Trai_Dep — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:13:07 PDT

A pig. A big, ornary pig is what they need. And the props guys need to whip up a 6' sharpened rape stick STAT. So the little hellions can scamper after it, yelling murderously - yet in dulcet tones (Brit accents: asking too much?) - as the top two contestants swoon into hallucinatory visions involving (grown) man's inherent cruelty to (grown) man. With Iraq as the updated WWII.

Or if that's too high-brow for a national broadcast, maybe they simply need to perform the above after a losing boy is crowned Piggy then sent off in the bushes with a 10 minute head start. More scampering, less odious sophomoric allegories.

Some handwringing by the critics, sure. Awkward explanations to Lil' Timmy at home about forced penetration by foreign objects, you betcha!

But boffo ratings. And that's what counts. Right?

(Kind of heartwarming that in a country where some localities ban Harry Potter, The Lord of the Flies manages to sneak under book-burners' radar. Thank the GODS for illiterate book haters.)

Trai_Dep

Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development

nonce — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:45:25 PDT

@Everybody Likes Pandas: @nick_r:

Exactly what I was thinking. Though it's a shame this isn't NBC and so we won't get a "shirtless gay 22-yr-old lifeguards" version on Bravo.

Though I guess that void is already filled by Palm Springs (at least the parts of Palm Springs that aren't dirt lots checkered with abandoned tires).

nonce

Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development

Guadalahonky — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:18:08 PDT

Nonsense! This is exactly what kids need! It's not like their parents are teaching them to take care of themselves, as the stupidity of various interns/former assistants have demonstrated. It's about time the TVs took care of it, since that's who's raising them anyway.

Guadalahonky

Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development

Magister — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:15:50 PDT

@Bonfiglio:
From the sound of the two articles, I'd say there won't be a season two.
Kid Nation might actually be a one of a kind, social experiment.

Magister

Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development

Bonfiglio — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:51:15 PDT

I think the children should be allowed to exercise their right to bear arms in season two.

Bonfiglio

Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development

nojo — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:35:39 PDT

My inner child definitely prefers this over farting in gym class.

nojo

Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development

TheLimey — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:12:45 PDT

Yeah, absolutely nothing wrong here, as I was saying to Lynndie England as we enjoyed a 'leash' evening. The culture's just fine.

TheLimey

Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development

nick_r — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:54:56 PDT

@Everybody Likes Pandas: Yeah, and at least on Kid Nation if some jackass beats you up or steals your stuff there's a camera there to record it.

nick_r

Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development

Sweet Panda Love — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:51:27 PDT

Have none of these concerned parties ever been to middle school? Mini-Deadwood's probably a cakewalk compared to the group pressure, mind games and physical tortures therein.

Sweet Panda Love

Critics Question Whether A 40-Day Stay At 'Kid Nation' Summer Camp Is Healthy For A Child's Emotional Development

scroll_lock — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:48:56 PDT

"High pressure situations", "serious emotional stress", "...coercive and use the manipulative power of group pressure to bring out the worst in people."

Reminds me I have to call Mom and tell her I won't be able to make Thanksgiving this year.

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