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It makes it something more akin to a professional sport.
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That makes them all professionals in my book, and if you monetize professional performance on TV as a competition, in my mind, that doesn’t make it a reality show. Even the most “inexperienced” competitors on the show have around ten years experience in glass blowing. But on Blown Away, the artists aren’t just there on a lark. I understand that there are some reality shows where people just go on because it sounds like a good time. Reason #2: They are professionals who should be compensated for their skills. Which is why it’s essential that we stop letting exposure be a stand-in for actually getting paid for our work. Instead, we need to start acknowledging “exposure” for what it really is – a tool to exploit anyone (artists and makers included) who is hoping to someday make a living from their work. And exposure is never a guarantee that you’ll get paid down the line. When he made a comment about the contestants getting “exposure,” I quickly replied with “exposure doesn’t pay the bills.”įor far too long, artists and makers have been expected to do things for “exposure.” We send our work to gallery shows at our own expense and are asked to donate work to auctions because “it will be great exposure.” And this was all before the Internet and social media made it seem like we should all just work for exposure all the time.īut you can’t pay the rent or buy food with exposure. I was already feeling a little salty about the artists giving up their time to be on a show where they aren’t actually paid when my husband sat down to watch a few episodes with me. But assuming they aren’t paid, here’s why they should be: Reason #1: Exposure doesn’t pay the bills. And I would happily eat crow if it meant these talented artists were actually being paid for their work and time. So as far as I can tell, the contestants aren’t paid, and if I’m wrong, I would love for someone to tell me, because I believe they do deserved to be paid for all the reasons I’m about to outline. One interesting note was that in Season One, several of the contestants talked excitedly about the potential of winning $60k, but the show never comes out and says they get that as cold hard cash. All I could turn up in my Google searching was that the winner gets a “prize package valued at $60,000,” which is something they emphasized throughout the show.
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Now, I want to be honest here – I’m not 100% positive the contestants aren’t paid. And that’s the the fact that it’s bullshit that the contestants aren’t paid to be on the show.
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They are fairly short seasons!) Despite a few little quirks (it feels like they gloss over some pretty big parts of the process) it’s a fairly entertaining show that I think most artists and makers would find fun.īut there is, as far as I can tell, one glaring problem that we need to talk about. I spent the last week binge watching both seasons of Blown Away, Netflix’s glass blowing competition show.