I think a good sit down with Mrs. and Master aNDwhile watching an episode may be the antidote.I've only seen one, but I've seen many of thedifferent preview bits and I'm wondering what it is about your life that they've decided can be put ina nutshell? I would ask yourself what it is that isthe "opposite" of your lifestyle? They've pairedbiker vs hippie...rich glamour vs hog farmer...bible beater vs new ager... (Of course, I've wondered if I'd have to sleep with the woman considering that there's onlyone bed in this 3 bedroom house...and bringingin an extra bed would, itself, introduce anunnatural situation...)One thing is for sure: it is conflict-based programming without an ounce of redemption. The producers do not want 2 people passively observingand "putting up with" the other's peculiarities,but, rather, a situation where control is of the utmost importance. They will try to match 2different lifestyles where there will be at leastone person that will exert control over the other.By what little I know of you, it seems as tho youmay NOT be that kind of person, SO, you must be prepared to be paired with someone who'll be damned if she's gonna put up with your current householdbecause that's what the producers will try to find.The one episode that I DID see was the bible/tarotthat I mentioned earlier. When the show was unable to make the mild-mannered new age fellow look badthru his actions (he really bent over backwards for the WAY over-the-top righteous woman),they proceeded to create tension between he and his wifeby having the crying, distraught, really WACK X-tian womanmeet with this man's wife near the end of the show.Of course, the new age wife thought that her husbandhad browbeat this woman and he had some 'splainin'to do when she got home at the end of the week.At least when PBS sends someone out to live in the 1800'ssomething is learned and appreciated by all involved (including the viewers),but in the case of mass hypnosis TV, it's just...send in the cleaning crew and clean the blood off the kitchen floorand on to the next idea.(By the way, next week you can watch famous figure skatersleaving trails of blood on the ice for your amusement!)As for the subverting...I'd grab a nice handheld cameraand for as much time as you could muster, point that thingback at them (remember that you'll have at least 2 or 3young people with shoulder-mounted cameras surrounding you.I caught a glimpse of this during the psychotic X-tian freakout),and then use the Fluxus art=life=art excuse and see how long THEY would put up with it!...and something tells me that you better read the contractcarefully...good luck,Rod
