Laddy
06-29-2011, 10:58 PM
Do you think it could work? Having people come on the show and try play mafia for television. I think it would be fun and entertaining and would certainly be more entertaining and cerebral than a lot of other reality shows.
Here are the problems with it though.
1. It would be hard to decide on how to portray the contestants. Should we or should we not know their roles? How much should we see them as people as opposed to players? It would be cool if a particularly nice person ended up being Mafia or vice versa, but how much should each individual's personality be emphasized?
2. Assuming they really play by the day, the game could end up being really short or really long, making it difficult to broadcast based on amount of episodes. However, regardless it would likely be 4-10 episodes depending on the size.
3. The concept is awesomely self-aware cheesiness, should the show keep said self-aware cheesiness?
To me it could be genuinely good television in a Survivor-meets-Clue sort of way, but how would it be handled?
So, would you watch a show based on Mafia? :O
Here are the problems with it though.
1. It would be hard to decide on how to portray the contestants. Should we or should we not know their roles? How much should we see them as people as opposed to players? It would be cool if a particularly nice person ended up being Mafia or vice versa, but how much should each individual's personality be emphasized?
2. Assuming they really play by the day, the game could end up being really short or really long, making it difficult to broadcast based on amount of episodes. However, regardless it would likely be 4-10 episodes depending on the size.
3. The concept is awesomely self-aware cheesiness, should the show keep said self-aware cheesiness?
To me it could be genuinely good television in a Survivor-meets-Clue sort of way, but how would it be handled?
So, would you watch a show based on Mafia? :O