Lebanon Levi
December 13, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Amish Mafia season one episode one was more illuminating than perhaps Discovery Channel had intended. Upon announcing the show earlier in the year, Discovery admitted in its own press release that the show was fabrication acted for the cameras. This was reiterated during the pilot. Not only were the scenes reenactments but Discovery also admitted that there’s no […]
December 13, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Amish Mafia made its debut this week after much consternation about its lack of veracity and admitted staging of scenes/ use of reenactments. The show is called “Amish Mafia,” yet openly admits in its credits that it knows not whether such a group exists and it’s based on hearsay. And then there’s the show’s star, […]
December 13, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Last month at the close of sister network TLC’s Breaking Amish, a contrived reality show spreading falsehoods about several Amish and Mennonite pretending to leave their communities for the first time, Discovery Channel announced their own show that would contrive falsehoods about Amish and Mennonite in the same area of Lancaster, Pennsylvania entitled Amish Mafia. TLC lied […]
November 20, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Breaking Amish has concluded with the airing of its reunion special during which most of the cast admitted the lies that were told during production. Leaving fans of the TLC franchise wanting to know more about the Amish way of life (which they’re not going to get on a reality show). Sister channel Discovery aims […]
November 16, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Earlier this week, Discovery released the season one premiere teaser for its answer to the success of sister network TLC’s Breaking Amish which is one episode away from its conclusion. Breaking Amish was a contrived “reality” show about former Amish and Mennonite people who left their communities years ago but pretended to be exposed to the […]
November 14, 2012 by Hollywoodite
TLC’s Breaking Amish has been one of the surprise reality successes of the year in terms of ratings even with allegations of fabricating the cast’s back-stories and fudging plot holes when they were caught in a lie. The show was mostly contrived for ratings, although some of those allegations were addressed in later episodes and […]