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| − | + | Take 鈥淏ig Brother,鈥?add a <a href=http://www.symbiose.ca/images/christianlouboutin.gwij.php>Christian Louboutin Sale</a> barn, subtract indoor plumbing and what do you have? Something like 鈥淯topia,鈥?making its debut Sunday on Fox.In the year-long 鈥渟ocial experiment,鈥?based on a Dutch format, a diverse group of strangers is tasked with building a new society, minus electricity, running water or a ready food source, as cameras watch every move.Viewers will have a chance to watch every move as well. 鈥淯topia鈥?is offering 24-hour live feeds (some free; more extensive and uncensored ones with a $5 monthly 鈥減assport鈥? via computer and mobile apps. The live feeds are up and running now and have caught early controversy. One person has already been thrown off, and drunken squabbling has been reported.Clearly, Fox won鈥檛 be unhappy if its 鈥淯topians鈥?make news. But the network prefers to emphasize the social-experiment angle.鈥淕et ready to witness the birth of a brave new world,鈥?Fox gushes. 鈥淥n the daring unscripted series 鈥楿topia,鈥?15 pioneering Americans wave goodbye 鈥?for an entire year 鈥?to the lives they鈥檝e known, move to a remote location and set out to create a society from scratch. They鈥檝e got limited supplies, wildly diverse backgrounds and zero bathrooms.鈥濃€淯topia,鈥?Fox continues, asks the question: 鈥淚f you could restart the world, what would you do differently? What conflicts will emerge, what leaders will arise and what ideals will shape this new world?鈥漌ill 鈥渢he Utopians鈥?choose 鈥渄emocracy or dictatorship? Capitalism or socialism? Fidelity or free love? Which religion, if any, will prevail? Will they punish or forgive? Keep or share?鈥漈hese 15 players, from 5,000 who applied, were announced for the 鈥淯topia鈥?community:鈥?Bella Chartrand, 45, real estate entrepreneur and naked yoga enthusiast.鈥?Andrea Cox, 38, vegan chef. (Cox was reportedly removed from the cast after she was caught using her cellphone.)鈥?Dave Green, 31, homeless ex-convict.鈥?Rob Hospidor, 38, security programmer, hunter and fisherman.鈥?Josh Johnston, 36, general contractor.鈥?Jonathan Lovelace, 44, minister and high school coach.鈥?Nikki Noce, 29, M.D. and holistic doctor.鈥?Bri Nyugen, 20, veterinary technician.鈥?Mike Quinn, 33, lawyer.鈥?Amanda Scott, 30, behavioral specialist. (Scott is also pregnant.)鈥?Aaron Thomas, 26, private chef.鈥?Chris Tuorto, 25, glass blower and chile farmer.鈥?Hex Vanisles, 25, unemployed.鈥?Red VanWinkle, 42, handyman, builder, farmer, 鈥淗illbilly MacGyver.鈥濃€?Dedeker Winston, 26, model.This summer, Fox introduced 鈥淯topia鈥?to TV critics meeting in Los Angeles, including four <a href=http://www.alportico.net/gosoc.php> true religion uk</a> would-be pioneers who didn鈥檛 wind up being cast for the series.As questions to the panel proved, one challenge facing 鈥淯topia鈥?is that the concept is difficult to explain.Asked what the so-called social experiment was supposed to show, executive producer Conrad Greene admitted, 鈥淲e don鈥檛 know where this is going to end. We don鈥檛 have a fixed point that we want this to reach.鈥漈he hope, Green said, is that 鈥渨e鈥檒l develop something generally interesting. That鈥檚 all we really are after. The whole point of this is it鈥檚 not a game show. It鈥檚 not a competition. There鈥檚 not a prize. What we鈥檙e hoping to see is something unique play out, which is people from very different backgrounds across America coming together, working out their differences, working out new ways of structuring a society. We think that will be fascinating on both a personal level and a social level.鈥滲ut what if the results aren鈥檛 interesting to the mass audiences needed to keep a network series running?鈥淭hat would be a problem,鈥?executive producer Simon Andreae said. 鈥淚 have to say, though, that I don鈥檛 think that鈥檚 a large risk. The show, <a href=http://www.alportico.net/prodotti/christianlouboutin-sale.jkmsw.php>Christian Louboutin Pumps</a> I think, has a number of really unique things about it. It鈥檚 a super-aspirational title. It鈥檚 a very grand idea. It鈥檚 about all the fundamental pieces of a society: law, sexuality, religion, politics and so on. Clearly, I would be very disappointed, but I鈥檓 not placing a bet on this show not working.鈥濃€楿topia鈥橶hen and where 鈥?7-9 p.m. Sunday on Fox, then 7 p.m. Tuesday and Friday. Also streaming at UtopiaTV.com. | |
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@@@ Take 鈥淏ig Brother,鈥?add a <a href=http://www.symbiose.ca/images/christianlouboutin.gwij.php>Christian Louboutin Sale</a> barn, subtract indoor plumbing and what do you have? Something like 鈥淯topia,鈥?making its debut Sunday on Fox.In the year-long 鈥渟ocial experiment,鈥?based on a Dutch format, a diverse group of strangers is tasked with building a new society, minus electricity, running water or a ready food source, as cameras watch every move.Viewers will have a chance to watch every move as well. 鈥淯topia鈥?is offering 24-hour live feeds (some free; more extensive and uncensored ones with a $5 monthly 鈥減assport鈥? via computer and mobile apps. The live feeds are up and running now and have caught early controversy. One person has already been thrown off, and drunken squabbling has been reported.Clearly, Fox won鈥檛 be unhappy if its 鈥淯topians鈥?make news. But the network prefers to emphasize the social-experiment angle.鈥淕et ready to witness the birth of a brave new world,鈥?Fox gushes. 鈥淥n the daring unscripted series 鈥楿topia,鈥?15 pioneering Americans wave goodbye 鈥?for an entire year 鈥?to the lives they鈥檝e known, move to a remote location and set out to create a society from scratch. They鈥檝e got limited supplies, wildly diverse backgrounds and zero bathrooms.鈥濃€淯topia,鈥?Fox continues, asks the question: 鈥淚f you could restart the world, what would you do differently? What conflicts will emerge, what leaders will arise and what ideals will shape this new world?鈥漌ill 鈥渢he Utopians鈥?choose 鈥渄emocracy or dictatorship? Capitalism or socialism? Fidelity or free love? Which religion, if any, will prevail? Will they punish or forgive? Keep or share?鈥漈hese 15 players, from 5,000 who applied, were announced for the 鈥淯topia鈥?community:鈥?Bella Chartrand, 45, real estate entrepreneur and naked yoga enthusiast.鈥?Andrea Cox, 38, vegan chef. (Cox was reportedly removed from the cast after she was caught using her cellphone.)鈥?Dave Green, 31, homeless ex-convict.鈥?Rob Hospidor, 38, security programmer, hunter and fisherman.鈥?Josh Johnston, 36, general contractor.鈥?Jonathan Lovelace, 44, minister and high school coach.鈥?Nikki Noce, 29, M.D. and holistic doctor.鈥?Bri Nyugen, 20, veterinary technician.鈥?Mike Quinn, 33, lawyer.鈥?Amanda Scott, 30, behavioral specialist. (Scott is also pregnant.)鈥?Aaron Thomas, 26, private chef.鈥?Chris Tuorto, 25, glass blower and chile farmer.鈥?Hex Vanisles, 25, unemployed.鈥?Red VanWinkle, 42, handyman, builder, farmer, 鈥淗illbilly MacGyver.鈥濃€?Dedeker Winston, 26, model.This summer, Fox introduced 鈥淯topia鈥?to TV critics meeting in Los Angeles, including four <a href=http://www.alportico.net/gosoc.php> true religion uk</a> would-be pioneers who didn鈥檛 wind up being cast for the series.As questions to the panel proved, one challenge facing 鈥淯topia鈥?is that the concept is difficult to explain.Asked what the so-called social experiment was supposed to show, executive producer Conrad Greene admitted, 鈥淲e don鈥檛 know where this is going to end. We don鈥檛 have a fixed point that we want this to reach.鈥漈he hope, Green said, is that 鈥渨e鈥檒l develop something generally interesting. That鈥檚 all we really are after. The whole point of this is it鈥檚 not a game show. It鈥檚 not a competition. There鈥檚 not a prize. What we鈥檙e hoping to see is something unique play out, which is people from very different backgrounds across America coming together, working out their differences, working out new ways of structuring a society. We think that will be fascinating on both a personal level and a social level.鈥滲ut what if the results aren鈥檛 interesting to the mass audiences needed to keep a network series running?鈥淭hat would be a problem,鈥?executive producer Simon Andreae said. 鈥淚 have to say, though, that I don鈥檛 think that鈥檚 a large risk. The show, <a href=http://www.alportico.net/prodotti/christianlouboutin-sale.jkmsw.php>Christian Louboutin Pumps</a> I think, has a number of really unique things about it. It鈥檚 a super-aspirational title. It鈥檚 a very grand idea. It鈥檚 about all the fundamental pieces of a society: law, sexuality, religion, politics and so on. Clearly, I would be very disappointed, but I鈥檓 not placing a bet on this show not working.鈥濃€楿topia鈥橶hen and where 鈥?7-9 p.m. Sunday on Fox, then 7 p.m. Tuesday and Friday. Also streaming at UtopiaTV.com.
