To quote from "A Lion in Winter": "I know. You know I know. I know you know I know. We know Henry knows, and Henry knows we know it. We're a knowledgeable family."
I just saw the new Joe Schmo 2. I can't think of a way that these two don't know that they're "reality show" is fake. The host, the set, the cheesy reality show clichés are the same as they were on the first show. They're going to study up some on reality shows before they go on one, they would hear of "Joe Schmo," and they'd wonder if something was up. I wonder if they also know that Spike TV is hosting it, or how Spike TV would hide that fact? If they do, then they have to know its fake. I just hope there's not some twist at the end where the Schmos were also actors, and the joke is one the audience. That would be real weak. And even if it is real, the two Schmos aren't that likable. They're not the amiable schmuck that Matt Kennedy Gould was. Tim seems a little like a short jerk with a short-guy complex; the comment "from the heart and not from Walmart" seemed really snide. And Ingrid seems like a complete ice queen. Nevertheless, some aspects of it are amusing: T.J the Stalker and Gerald the "Gotta be Gay" Guy are creative and funny as hell. (Gerald reminds me of a lot of guys I knew from college who acted gay as a daisy but were the biggest players you'd meet.) But even if the Schmos really don't know, there not likable at all. The magic is gone.
I just saw the new Joe Schmo 2. I can't think of a way that these two don't know that they're "reality show" is fake. The host, the set, the cheesy reality show clichés are the same as they were on the first show. They're going to study up some on reality shows before they go on one, they would hear of "Joe Schmo," and they'd wonder if something was up. I wonder if they also know that Spike TV is hosting it, or how Spike TV would hide that fact? If they do, then they have to know its fake. I just hope there's not some twist at the end where the Schmos were also actors, and the joke is one the audience. That would be real weak. And even if it is real, the two Schmos aren't that likable. They're not the amiable schmuck that Matt Kennedy Gould was. Tim seems a little like a short jerk with a short-guy complex; the comment "from the heart and not from Walmart" seemed really snide. And Ingrid seems like a complete ice queen. Nevertheless, some aspects of it are amusing: T.J the Stalker and Gerald the "Gotta be Gay" Guy are creative and funny as hell. (Gerald reminds me of a lot of guys I knew from college who acted gay as a daisy but were the biggest players you'd meet.) But even if the Schmos really don't know, there not likable at all. The magic is gone.