"Emanuel Berg" wrote in message news:87y1crm...@dataswamp.org...
Everyone else's mileage may vary on this, but for me the worst reality show
from the early 00s was a dating show called Chains of Love. If Solitary was
about forced isolation from other people, this was the opposite. Each
episode was like the Bachelor or Bachelorette in concept, except the person
had his or her four potential dates from the opposite sex all
chained/handcuffed to them 24 hours a day for four days and nights except
for occasional allowed bathroom breaks or brief periods where the players
were allowed to shower/change clothes. The rest of the time (including
sleeping) they were all chained together and forced to go on dates together
and do other tasks like shopping, etc. I guess the local authorities must
have been notified that these five people traipsing around in chains
handcuffed together weren't escapees from a chain gang. For confessional
interviews, the four people not interviewed had to put on headphones like
they do on Hells Kitchen during the blind taste test. The contestant was
given a whopping $10,000 to spend on the date or keep for themselves or
share with the dates.
Every 24 hours or so they would be interrupted by a grim reaper like
character called the Lockmaster (yep, that's what he was called) who would
show up randomly and the main person would have to decide which person to
let go and that person was then released. The whole thing was pretty
amazing in its decadent sleaziness, and as bad as it was, it was one of
those shows where I just couldn't look away. It lasted six episodes and
each episode had a different contestant and dates.
More info here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chains_of_Love_(TV_series)
https://ew.com/article/2001/03/29/exclusive-peek-upns-chains-love/
https://www.newsweek.com/when-chains-love-become-chain-fools-150021
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