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I watched this show called "Brat Camp" last night. Did anyone else see it? It's basically Dr. Phil meets Jerry Springer meets Survivor. And all in the goal to take a bunch of messed up kids and turn them around to become good children to their families.

The premise sounds silly at first - as if all these so-called "bad kids" would appreciate having a camera in their faces 24/7! And the range of kids on this show is quite varied as well - there's one kid who tried to stab his own brother(!) and a drug addict but then there's a girl who's problem is that she lies and another kid who's just got ADHD. Weird mix of social issues eh?

But the show actually has many redeeming qualities - by taking these kids and making them live in outdoors in a camp-style environment, they are literally stripping them of their previous lifestyle and forcing them to confront their raw emotions and feelings (Wow that was a good line. I should totally be a TV promo-writer!).

Last night's show was good - the lying girl admitted to lying blah blah blah some other girl cried a bit blah blah - but the PREVIEWS were amazing! Apparently these kids are in this camp from Thanksgiving and may not make it home for Christmas! Harsh. Also some kid tries to run away and I THINK I saw a brief preview of cop cars and some talk about "dying." This show better scare the kids into being good again cuz just the previews alone made me nearly crap my pants.

And on that note... I'm out.
posted by Tim at 10:45 AM