Common Sense Media Review
By Jenny Nixon
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Competition reality show has booze, F-bombs, sexy clothes.
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Fight For Paradise: Who Can You Trust?
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What's the Story?
FIGHT FOR PARADISE: WHO CAN YOU TRUST? is a German competition reality series pitting a group of 20-somethings against each other to win 100,000 euros. Contestants arrive thinking they'll spend their time on the show living in a luxurious villa. To their surprise, they're sent to a bare-bones campsite in the middle of the jungle where they'll sleep on cots, eat only vegetable soup cooked over an open fire, and use a sketchy outdoor toilet with little privacy. Participants can complete specific challenges to achieve status as an "Insider" (someone who lives indoors back at the fancy villa) or be stuck as an "Outsider" (someone who remains outdoors at the bug-ridden campsite). Periodically, they'll hold a "Selection Night" where Insiders and Outsiders nominate each other to stay or go. Of course, there are many game-changing twists and turns along the way.
Is It Any Good?
If watching a group of entitled, back-biting, image-obsessed young people roughing it and insulting each other is your idea of a fun time, maybe you'll dig this. But it's essentially a carbon copy of the French show Don't Hate the Player, which is also streaming on Netflix and was released just a week earlier. The stakes don't feel exceptionally high on Fighting for Paradise: Who Can You Trust? -- this is a filler show to keep on in the background while you're vacuuming or doing some other task, not one you'll be compelled to pay close attention to.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the lengths people will go to for money. Are there lines that shouldn't be crossed regarding how we treat others while playing a game?
What are some common tropes you see among reality competition shows? Why do you think they tend to follow a formula?
TV Details
- Premiere date : April 23, 2024
- Cast : Bonnie Strange
- Network : Netflix
- Genre : Reality TV
- TV rating :
- Last updated : April 25, 2024
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