thirty days in sixty minutes
Posted on Thursday, August 03, 2006
For sixty minutes you have the opportunity to see the world through someone else's eyes every week on FX's docu-series, 30 Days. Created and hosted by Morgan Spurlock (of Super Size Me fame), 30 Days sends people to live in someone else's shoes for 30 Days. 30 Days manages to do something that every other reality television show has not been able to do -- it actually makes you think.
The first episode of the second season aired last week. "Immigration" follows Frank as he is sent to live with a family of illegal immigrants. Frank, a legal Cuban immigrant himself, is a right-wing Minuteman of the South with very strong opinions against illegal immigration. The second episode, which aired last night, followed Chris Jobin on his 30 day trip to find work in Bangalore, India. Chris is a former computer programmer who lost his job to Indian outsourcing.
If you look past the obvious messages in each episode of 30 Days, the underlying theme is something rare to television and media. At it's best, 30 Days transcends greed, religion, country, sexuality and ethnicity. It shows you real people -- humanity -- and our struggle everyday to survive. Although there have been a few bummer episodes in its very short run (the season run is only 6 episodes), 30 Days is really worth checking out. Doing so just might make you a better person. 30 Days airs Wednesdays at 10 (and is reaired at 11) on FX. Check your listings.
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