katherinehadar

60 Days In: Narcoland (2019)

Poverty + addiction exploitation (again)

Exploitative, incredibly dangerous. The editing is ok- otherwise we wouldn't make it through the first 10 minutes. 2 episodes in and I'm horrified- there's no regulation here.

The 'talent' is risking everything for the producer's profits. I turned it off when the couple was introduced- they walk into a trailer and announce how 'disgusting' it is.

These are real life living situations where people from disadvantaged backgrounds scratch out a method of survival. And camera operators catch a tiny, handheld slice of the interaction.

Putting recovering addicts back into an environment of addiction cycles is irresponsible. Dazzling the people with shiny cameras and hidden mics is low-level, industry trash behavior.

There is essentially no story here. Addiction and poverty are a really boring lifestyle. The scoring is one of those stupid bulk-purchase 'soaring' punctuated riffs over and over again in an attempt to disguise the fact that nothing really happens.

A modern Roman Colosseum where low income and addicted persons are thrown to the lions because they are ultimately expendable. A disgrace, A&E.