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REALITY SHOWS
An idea for a reality show:
A man or woman gets diagnosed with organ failure, and quickly realizes that the transplant he or she is told they desperately needs is sometimes years away.
The story line would be simple: Follow these patients as they try to maneuver the" sterile world" of dozens of medications every day, various infections and reasons to be admitted to the hospital for weeks a a time, and the hope they cling to so desperately, given to them as a "Gift" from the Transplant Recipients who have "been there and done that", and the gift has no strings attached, it is free, and it is beautiful.
The PLOT would unfold as some of the people you thought you could count on for support disapear, or fade to black, and surprisingly, people you just KNEW you could not count on in any way step forward, and become like family.
The cameras would zoom in on the suffering, the laughter, the trials and tribulations , and the footage would be overwhelming and the ratings would sky rocket.
(I know this because an attempt was made at bringing the transplant "world" into prime time TV in the last year, the show "Three Rivers" was supposed to be the "show of the year", but it failed.
The reason? It WAS NOT REAL.
People saw the most unrealistic view of the transplant system unfold in front of them, and thankfully, they were smart enough to realize it.
They rejected the show, not because it was about transplants, but because the drama was not even believable, and whomever did the "medical research" for that show should never work again.
I will end my unfavorable review of that show now, because I am trying to make the point that the public DOES want to have a clear and true insider viewing of this process, and if I were a reality show producer, I would jump on what the people want.
There would be humor, oddly enough, because typically transplant candidates and recipients, and their families and caregivers have the most unbelievable sense of humor, even in the roughest of times.
I think it is due to the wonderful "ties that bind us together".
These people don't ever give up, and they don't accept failure as an option, especially when that failure is in their body, one of their own vital organs.
In the movie "Shawshank Redemption", Morgan Freemen's character "Red" said several times, "you either get busy livin, or get busy dyin".
This is the life of a transplant camdidate.
Getting ON the list is a feat of incredible and miraculous courage and a bit of Divine Intervention in and of itself.
So now you have it. The newest Reality Show, actual REALITY.
No second takes, no room to move, and very little room to be phony, pretentious, or arrogant.
The ratings would SOAR.
There is nothing more an audience likes than a story line that reads "I was lost but now I am found".
If anyone wants to start this type of show, I have a LOT of people you should really talk to, and they envelope my new "catchphrase" called "heroes of hope". Heart, liver, lungs, kidneys,pancreas, facial, intestinal, bone marrow, corneal, all transplants, they are ALL heroes, along with the ones who flew them through this storm, their families, friends, and Caregivers.
They kept faith, and someone once said "Faith is holding on to nothing, until it turns into something".
Oh, and if you need a good zesty title, "Heroes of Hope" would be the name of a show that I would want to know more about...
Blessin's...
