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Catfish:The TV Show Monday 21st January 10pm MTV
DarthFader
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Anyone else looking forward to this? It is based on the documentary film of the same name. Apparently after the film he got lots of letters from people in online relationships and they are scared that the person whom they have never met before are not who they say they are. They investigate and confront them. Some are genuine, some are not.
PJ
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Thought it was good how the Catfish has changed her life around, if she is to be believed.
PJ
Like the film i'm unsure how much is fake or just not explained properly (there must have been more calls to RJ to arrange a time find out address etc) and i thought Summer? took the news quite well (she may have freaked out good and proper back at the hotel that night..who knows?).
Found it a stretch that they have become friends though. Recorded the 2nd episode, i imagine it all gets a bit samey.
e.g. Just watching the first episode. The guy goes from checking his email, supposedly for the first time, to contacting the woman by skype - all set up and ready for him with the camera - and the they imediately leave to go visit her to hear the story in person.
So this sequence is clearly faked for the camera - but it does not necessarily mean the woman did not contact them genuinely and all the rest was arranged by producers and "reenacted' for the show.. This seems to be how most MTV reality shows are structured.
Either way I doubt they are going to find many real relationships. Seems like a lot of gullible people telling very implausible stories ending each ep with a "to catch a predator" style confrontation and reveal.
That's a shame, i think that if they concentrated on showing the detective work that goes into researching The Catfish, the pay off/reveal would be more interesting.
PJ