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I'll tell you what. PBS has the best "reality tv" programming around in my opinion. Fuck Fear Factor, screw Survivor...Colonial House, and the programs that preceeded this one, have it done right. Take a bunch of people back in time for a few months or so, and in the whole process you learn about that time. You realize how hard and harsh living was then, how to break away from 20th and 21st century living. If you really want more information on this, go here. I'm going to bed now. It is way passed my bedtime.
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GREAT stuff!
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I saw a behind the scenes of one, I think it was Frontier House, and some touchy subjects came up like wearing makeup, menstruation (!) and birth control methods. There were some testy people who were like, "I have had enough kids, and I am not having any more," and then some who were like, "C'est la vie," or whatnot.
I love the fact that the narrator keeps the viewer up to date with the historical aspect of it all.
Go to the website to get more info...I think more will be on tonight.