Weird headline, right? Not so much, actually - now Hollywood’s unions are weighing in on the "Kid Nation" flap. No question they have a point. It’s not a giant surprise that producers like to skeev past labor laws and union rules by making cheapo reality shows. But I continue to think "Kid Nation" is getting a bad rap. Let’s not throw the babies out with the NLRB bathwater. Here’s what I wrote yesterday on MeeVee.com, naming the "Kid Nation" kids among the fall season’s most intriguing new characters:
"This reality show about 40 kids building their own society in a New Mexico "ghost town" (actually an old western-movie set) has generated tons of controversy about whether this rustic civics experiment for ages 8-15 was actually a form of child abuse, and whether CBS circumvented child labor laws. But from the clips I’ve seen, it looks like a fascinating, funny, and occasionally […]
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