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The US Hunger Games may be coming to a town near you!

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Yes, the Department of Homeland Security is actually entertaining the idea of a reality show where immigrant contestants compete for US citizenship.

I had to check other sources to make sure it was not satire — just as I did for my articles on Trump’s shower pressure executive order and his plan to become the “Fertilization President.” You see, these days, it’s increasingly hard to distinguish news from satire.

This proposed show was only recently pitched by Rob Worsoff, the producer of the reality show “Duck Dynasty.”

Ideas include contestants traveling across the nation in a train (just like in the Hunger Games!) called America and competing in regional contests such as rocket science or lumberjacking in Florida. Or perhaps digging clams in Maine or rafting in Colorado.

And presumably the Capitol will be replaced by the US Capitol in the nation’s capital. Nifty, eh?

Now, granted, Worsoff has been pitching ideas to the DHS since 2012 – way back in the Obama days. But this will be the first time that the department has weighed this idea with any seriousness. Spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin reportedly has told Worsoff that “that consideration of the idea was ongoing.”

Not that such an idea is too surprising in the days of our reality show president. As Suzanne Collins…

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Frances A. Chiu, Ph.D. | writing coach | editor
Frances A. Chiu, Ph.D. | writing coach | editor

Written by Frances A. Chiu, Ph.D. | writing coach | editor

30 boosts; editor of 8 award-winning books; Ph.D. in English Literature (Oxford University); academic; author;

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