Last week: Reality TV Wants to Heal You.
This week: Reality TV Wants to Heal You, Whether You Like It or Not:
Marc Brilleman, 33, identified as the chief operating officer, director and writer of “Pauper to Princess,” was arrested Saturday on a charge of false imprisonment.
According to the show’s Web site, its concept was to build the eight women’s self-esteem and help them grow physically, mentally and spiritually. As with many reality shows, the women lived in a house while the program was taped. Producers were trying to sell the show to a TV network.
Four of the women told investigators Brilleman blocked and locked a door when they tried to leave the house, where they had been since February and had been able to leave on weekends, said Jerome Miller, a commander for Apopka police northwest of Orlando.
Next pitch: Producer to Prisoner, a reality show in which a man builds his self-esteem and grows physically, mentally and spiritually through a stint in jail.