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Lose Your Job, Swap Your Wife?
If you wondered what the real bellwether of the economy might be, well, it’s sometimes hard to tell – maybe it’s “Wife Swap”?
Back when the economy still appeared to be in okay shape, “Wife Swap,” the ABC show about, yes, swapping wives, featured a couple where the husband was a venture capitalist. The episodes taped last fall.
Now, as the economy has gone all sucky, the producers of the show are taking a new tack: Let’s find some people who’ve really been screwed in the downturn. Is that you? Are you married and count yourself among the “victims of this tough economy”? Then the show’s producers want YOU.
(In case you’re unfamiliar, the conceit of this mind-numbing reality series is that, as the name says, wives are swapped between two couples. It’s not quite Ice Storm, but in some ways it’s much better: No sex, but embarrassing fish-out-of-water moments and classic studies in Darwinian conflict.)
Here’s the email we received from the casting producer:
If you’ve been laid off due to cutbacks, then I want to talk to you!
The premise of Wife Swap is simple: for seven days, two wives from two different families with very different values exchange husbands, children and lives (but not bedrooms) to discover what it’s like to live a different family’s life. It’s an interesting social experiment and a great way to see your family in a whole new light. It is shot as a documentary series, so NO scripts and no set. It’s just a small camera crew that is documenting your life.
Families that appear on the show will receive a generous financial honorarium and if you refer a family that appears on the show you would receive $1000.
Here at ‘Wife Swap’ we look for a two-parent home with at least one child between the ages of 6 and 17 living at home full time.
Please contact Gaby Wilson: gaby.wifeswap@gmail.com.
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