I too hate reality shows, but THIS one to me is kind of like a real life version (only in sort of a reverse way) of “Revenge of the Nerds”.
I have NO symathy for the women who are out for a rich guy and think they can “buy” one with their looks.
Shallow, shallow people and golddigging little snots, they deserve whatever they get.
I’m not interested in following the series (if there is one) but would LOVE to see the final episode where the truth is revealed, JUST to see the reaction.
And as someone already said, so that the superficial little brats can see the way they behaved so that they could “get” a rich guy.
I’ll watch, too. But the idea of his being a $19000 construction worker is a little shady-he’s also working as a model while going to school. Think of the boost his modeling and acting career will get from this much exposure. I think his days of making $365 a week are just about over.
Yes, I’ll watch. No shame in that – television is meant to be an entertaining diversion.
The premise may be “cruel,” but aren’t you kind of setting yourself up for cruelty when you sign up to go on a game show where the contestants will be under a constant unforgiving microscope and most will lose?
I’ll definitely be watching, but I agree with the posters above that the concept would be better if the guy was more average looking, someone who wouldn’t have a good chance to parlay this show into a career. Pretty much all of my female friends have said that with the guy they picked, the money wouldn’t matter all that much. Kind of like “Indecent Proposal”, where the million dollars wasn’t really necessary to sleep with Robert Redford.
I think jacquilynne’s point is a good one. The guy is basically taking part in a prank designed to prove these women on the show are all shallow gold-diggers. A woman who really liked the guy for reasons other than his money would probably be more pissed off about the deceit than anything else.
I’m not planning to watch it, but I half expect a “twist” ending - the guy isn’t worth $50M, but he isn’t a $19K construction worker either. In any event, I don’t care enough to tune in…
Are these types of shows even real? I always figure they’re just paying actors to do this stuff, kind of like Jerry Springer. Or, if they aren’t professional actors, they’re being told how to act and what to do and say.
This is what I don’t understand. If WE all KNOW he’s really a construction worker, then THAT’S the premise of the show, not “which one will he pick”? That original, one-shot “marry a millionaire” show was a goof, right, because the network didn’t check out his story? Now the network knows he isn’t a millionaire and is setting it up this way and selling it to the viewers as such. The only thing to anticipate is how the woman will react. Will we look down on her as a conniving, greedy wench, or like her and feel she’s had a horrible trick played on her by this man and the network?
Is anybody planning to watch The Bachelorette? It’s on opposite The West Winggasp but ABC Family is going to re-run episodes the following Mondays, so I might check it out. Twenty-five men and one woman…different dynamic.
Not only did I watch Joe Millionaire last night, I videotaped it while I was watching it, and hit “pause” during the commercials so that the entire episode would only take up 45 minutes on the tape.
That way, I can cram 8 episodes onto a single 6-hour VHS cassette (in extended-play mode), and then send the whole, filled-up tape to a female friend who doesn’t get the Fox network on her TV.
Why?
Because this female friend of mine is actually dating a guy named Joe, who is a millionaire! :eek:
