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Mactors/Recruited Teams
georgiapeach:
What I like is seeing ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
I hate the recruited in a bar thing.... hate the never seen the show before. I can live with the Jeff and Jordan's...they bring ratings, and ratings give us more shows. But please CBS, try to keep this to one or two teams a season, and keep hope alive for the thousands who dream of being on the race and work hard to make it a reality?
Otherwise why then bother having casting at all? Part of the TAR mystique is the thought that "I could be doing that", and the seeing yourself running the race through identifying with one of the teams. If that hope and faith in the casting is lost, then some of the TAR magic WILL disappear.
And I like the reactions of "ordinary" not camera trained racers. It is far more appealing to watch. Except for Mike and Mel, I adored them!
Mandoli:
If these people are diehard fans, applying season after season without pressure from an agent or two, and are willing to do anything it took to get around the world... Then by all means, I accept them with open arms.
But if these people are found in a bar, or have some sort of entertainment connection (or even if they've been in a pageant of all things - which I guess I should do if I want to be on TAR, apparently) with no idea of what the hell they're doing the minute they're told they're going to be "recruited" for this race... Then get the hell away from my TV. Please. You add no excitement for me. Those kinds of people are vanilla. No substance. We've seen people like you before.
GP is right. Why bother having casting when production could just go out and get all the teams from the entertainment industry? Unfortunately, there will probably be one season when you'll see all mactors/beauty queens. And then when you find out that all of the teams were basically picked without applications, you'll feel like all hope is lost.
redskevin88:
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However, it seems lately that even the "regular" teams are recruited. Being approached on a first date, being asked to apply based on a picture on FaceBook etc. I HATE that there are teams being offered this amazing opportunity that have never seen the show before. I HATE that "relationships" are being created to fill a spot. (do you remember the good old days when BVM claimed that this was a relationship show as much as a travel one?!)
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I agree, re watching last season, Brent & Catie's relationship look so fake on television
Hooky:
--- Quote from: banredbeans on July 12, 2010, 11:50:29 AM ---I used to have a problem with mactors and recruits filling spots that ordinary people should have had. Then I realized how many new fans the recruits brought to the show and without them the show may have died off.
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I absolutely disagree. The show would have continued to thrive. I have little doubt in my mind that if TAR 14-16 had had more teams of "ordinary folks" that wanted to be there and wanted to win, those seasons would have been much better. I don't care if it starts to sound "stale": The original idea for this show of "Ordinary people doing extraordinary things" would still recruit many more viewers than "come watch as Brent & Caite try to overcome Caite's tainted media image by running The Amazing Race". Yeah, right. I for one have 0% interest in that. Maybe it's just because I didn't even know who Caite was before season 16, but I liked her more at the beginning of the race than I did by the end of it. Overall I would say that the overwhelming presence of mactors and "recruits" has been a major waste of time and energy for ratings that never really materialized. :groan:
Caelestor:
To be fair, each season always has mactors. TAR 5 and TAR 12 apparently has quite a few of them, and I consider those seasons as some of the best the show has produced.
The moral of the story: hire mactors if you really wish to, but don't make them so obvious, fake, and annoying.
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