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The Jury Duty (2023) TV series is like a real life Truman show. If they really did what they said (Jury Service, but everyone, including the Judge and clerks is

The Jury Duty (2023) TV series is like a real life Truman show. If they really did what they said (Jury Service, but everyone, including the Judge and clerks is an actor except the main "star") then I feel really bad for him. The reveal episode is cringe. I just hope he is really an actor too.

SparkyMcUnicorn 3y ago
I thought it was handled about as best as it possibly could be, and he reacted fairly well. What really sold me was his podcast appearances afterwards, which I'd highly recommend checking out. It was definitely real.
- quickthrower2 3y ago
  Having watched enough Derren Brown I wondered how and why he passed whatever tests and rounds were created to pick a contestant. Derren Brown goes to great lengths to pick great “suckers” for need of a better word. They picked a good one - I think he “acted” better than the actors in terms of facial expressions, reactions and general gravitas. They had to pick someone smart but not cynical/sceptical , not crazy in any way, with a personality, but will behave etc, and who had some leadership skills.
ryanjshaw 3y ago
Sounds like The Joe Schmoe Show (2003).
js2 3y ago
James Marsden interviewed about the show: > "I had many reservations, and the biggest one was the wild card of this one human being who's being dropped into this situation that is all fake and manufactured," Marsden says. "Is this even something that is ethically right to do, to play with someone's human experience over the course of three weeks of their life?" > From the beginning, Marsden told show creators Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (who also worked on The Office) that he didn't want to participate in a prank show. But they assured him that Jury Duty wouldn't be cruel or mean-spirited. Instead, Marsden says, the intention was to create a "hero's journey" for Gladden. https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173271968/jury-duty-james-marsden-ronald-gladden https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173271968/jury-duty-james-ma...

SparkyMcUnicorn 3y ago

I thought it was handled about as best as it possibly could be, and he reacted fairly well. What really sold me was his podcast appearances afterwards, which I'd highly recommend checking out. It was definitely real.

quickthrower2 3y ago
Having watched enough Derren Brown I wondered how and why he passed whatever tests and rounds were created to pick a contestant. Derren Brown goes to great lengths to pick great “suckers” for need of a better word. They picked a good one - I think he “acted” better than the actors in terms of facial expressions, reactions and general gravitas. They had to pick someone smart but not cynical/sceptical , not crazy in any way, with a personality, but will behave etc, and who had some leadership skills.

ryanjshaw 3y ago

Sounds like The Joe Schmoe Show (2003).

js2 3y ago

James Marsden interviewed about the show: > "I had many reservations, and the biggest one was the wild card of this one human being who's being dropped into this situation that is all fake and manufactured," Marsden says. "Is this even something that is ethically right to do, to play with someone's human experience over the course of three weeks of their life?" > From the beginning, Marsden told show creators Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (who also worked on The Office) that he didn't want to participate in a prank show. But they assured him that Jury Duty wouldn't be cruel or mean-spirited. Instead, Marsden says, the intention was to create a "hero's journey" for Gladden. https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173271968/jury-duty-james-marsden-ronald-gladden https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173271968/jury-duty-james-ma...