Well said, Lex.
Lex said that it's an animal show. If it is then that means the viewers probably consider themselves animal lovers. So they are not likely to portray sympathetically someone who eats lots of animals. BTW, the thing that makes viewers most upset re: raw meat appears to be when the children are fed raw meat by the parents, especially high meat. Viewers of that raw meat wife swap show called authorities to report the parents.
"I wear my eccentricities on my sleeves"
Yup, that's likely the sort of thing they want to exploit all right. You're like a lamb ready for the slaughter.
"This is just how things are done where I come from, women are kept at home barefoot and pregnant and the children are fed wholesome foods you can kiss my Ass if you don't like it. (Are we Mice or or are we Cavemen?)"
Holy cow, they'd love you. LOL You'd fit right into the stereotype of raw meat eaters having "Neanderthal" social views. It would unfortunately reinforce the stereotype and turn more people against all of us. Radical feminists would be more likely to shoot your ass than kiss it if you spewed that stuff on TV. LOL First you F with the police, now you want to go on a TV show where they'll ridicule you and it sounds like you might antagonize the feminists while you're at it. I hope you aren't trying to martyr yourself or something. Lex's input on this looks wise to me. Never trust the people who do TV shows. They're in it to make money from controversy and sensationalism, not make you or raw meat eating look good.
"there could be the potential of a raw paleo bonanza just round the bend"
The idea of compensation and possibly parlaying TV coverage into some further financial gain probably sounds attractive, but do you have an employer? If so, what would they think about a show that portrayed you as a raw meat wacko? Did that raw meat family on the Wifeswap show make a killing from their appearance? I doubt it. Even Mark Sisson, who seems like a marketing genius, says that the money is not great and he's selling a flexible version of conventional Paleo that has a much larger potential market than strict raw Paleo.
This show is at least a good experiment in thinking about who would be the ideal representative of raw Paleo from our perspective, as someone is eventually going to volunteer for one of these things. Here's what I can think of:
1. looks good (well-muscled man or slim, attractive woman)
2. seems mentally balanced, calm
3. seems happy, smiles a fair amount (but not too much) the smile is attractive
4. happy, healthy and supportive family or single; social life not negatively affected by WOE 5. untouchable: most of the above apply and is financially independent; job or business will not be negatively effected by negative media coverage
Sensational media would probably like someone more like this...
1. looks strange and/or unhealthy
2. seems mentally unbalanced, obsessed, depressed, ...
3. family, friends, co-workers, boss unhappy about the WOE
One problem for us is, the sort of folks who would be most likely to volunteer to go on TV about eating raw meat are more likely to have that second set of traits and be oblivious to how negatively they will be portrayed and seen. Like that family in the wifeswap show who did come across as mentally unbalanced and were naively surprised that they were portrayed that way.
BTW, Lex, almost no one gets editing control. I heard an interview of a guy who got it for a movie he was asked to take an acting part for and I think the editing control was called "final cut." When he asked the director for it, the director went berserk even though they had struck up a friendship at a dinner party. The director only gave it to the guy because he thought he would be a great actor and they had hit it off. Heck, even Gary Taubes didn't get a say in the editing on the Dr. Oz show and they did the editing in such a way as to make Oz look good and Gary look a little bad.
