motionsickness-53561
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Emily Sinclair, producer of Kid Nation, comes off as absolutely evil. One would think she'd have some regrets in hindsight. That she may have reflected on her behavior and the impact it had on these kids down the road... Instead, here she is, grinning with glee as she describes causing genuine trauma to children as young as 8 years old, and brushing off child endangerment like it was nothing. She never once acknowledges that she could have been in the wrong here. It's difficult not get angry during her interviews
Show could also be triggering for child endangerment and abuse. Emily Sinclair and her production are trash.
Show could also be triggering for child endangerment and abuse. Emily Sinclair and her production are trash.
I don't know why there are two different titles and imdb pages for this particular title - I guess they re-released or somehow repackaged the same stories and footage from the original Investigative Discovery channel's "True Nightmares (2015)" ....... If you've seen the 2015 version, there's nothing new in the 2021 release. It's an okay series; some of the stories are much too short and leave out the more interesting details (as they fit about three segments into each episode), but it draws from some sources you don't often see in modern true crime television - like eastern europe and the turn of the 20th century. It's a good jumping off point for looking up some cases you might not have heard of before... but you'll have to drudge through stories you've heard a million times already, like Ed Gein.
This could have been a decent episode given the concept. What's more horrifying than being betrayed by the ones you love so they can put you in a position of servitude? What's scarier than having your autonomy as a woman stripped away? As a person?
But instead of showing how terrifying it can be to find yourself trapped with a baby and a partner who won't hold up their end of the domestic work and parenting, the overall feel of the episode was cheesy and camp. I didn't feel like they captured how monstrous it would be to find the person you married conspiring with some awful bigoted creature just to hold you down because of prejudice they didn't reveal to you until you were in too deep.
Because of the camp feel and displays of "domestic bliss" if the women just give in, you almost feel like sexism is the moral of the story...
But instead of showing how terrifying it can be to find yourself trapped with a baby and a partner who won't hold up their end of the domestic work and parenting, the overall feel of the episode was cheesy and camp. I didn't feel like they captured how monstrous it would be to find the person you married conspiring with some awful bigoted creature just to hold you down because of prejudice they didn't reveal to you until you were in too deep.
Because of the camp feel and displays of "domestic bliss" if the women just give in, you almost feel like sexism is the moral of the story...
