Reality TV Producer Thinks ‘Jersey Shore, But With Politics’ Is A Good Idea, Now Casting

by Frances Martel | 11:30 am, October 29th, 2011

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“You take a young Bill Maher and you take a young Ann Coulter, what really happens if they live together?” Doron Ofir, the casting directory behind Jersey Shore, wants to know the answer to this question. Ofir is currently casting for a reality show titled Party Politics, the premise of which is to gather a group of attractive young people to live in a house and… talk about politics?

Ofir, who is a veteran of the reality television world, is hoping Party Politics will be the breakout show of the 2012 election season, told Fox News he is looking for “the hottest politicos [ed. note-- oxymoron?] in the USA… intelligent 21 to 35-year-olds who have had a little life experience and education and can argue their beliefs, and have the knowledge to back up the debate.” The idea is to have these young people confronting each other constantly about their beliefs (hence adding the classic reality TV show drama element), but instead of yelling about where one house member put the other’s shoes, it will be a substantive debate on issues that drives the plot.

So the program sounds nothing like Jersey Shore– more “like something between C-Span for cool kids crossed with Politically Incorrect without a moderator.” Given that the 2012 election in itself, with its near-weekly debates and the affinity one develops for the characters as the months role along, is already looking a bit like a reality show itself, they may not be all that farfetched an idea– and there is certainly a larger audience of political drama consumers today thanks to cable news than there has been anytime before.

Care to try out yourself? Party Politics is accepting online applications here.

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Laur

Attractive, intelligent, young, “experienced” politicos willing to quite the progression of their lives/career in order to be on an MTV show to argue and get drunk with other people? Yeah, I’m sure they’re going to get plenty of genuinely intelligent, politically minded hotties. Those are everywhere.
Laur

also, *quit
Irish189

“You take a young Bill Maher and you take a young Ann Coulter, what really happens if they live together?”

um they have sex and disagree about certain issues, same as the real bill maher and ann coulter?
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AYOSSZU7QCOHVYOC72ZRIX5VLM pat c

They grow up and become James Carville and Mary Matalin, husband and wife in real life.
Anonymous

They already have this on the current season of Real World. There are two LGBT individuals (one male – bisexual, one female – lesbian) and then two individuals that don’t “approve of the lifestyle” (go figure that it’s a cheerleader and football stereotype) and the LGBT members are disgruntled that the two individuals don’t want to go out to gay bars and become engaged and knowledgeable about being LGBT means. The football guy is worse than the cheerleader (she’s sweet and innocent and doesn’t say mean things) but overall, they’re not that bad in my eyes.

But anyways, they have the political statement being made despite there not being political involvement.
Wake up America

Other informercial for Obama. We all know that all the Kids are going to be mush head libs. All of whom will be promoting Obama and making fun of any or all conservatives. Too predictable given the fact that Obama can’t run on hope and change anymore or as preacher Obama. Their hope is also to get out the youth vote.
http://www.facebook.com/tony.westover Tony Westover

*LOL* They’ve already done this on The Real World multiple times, hell Wisconsin congressman Sean Duffy is a former member and so is his wife. But in reality, every season is rife with politics and they use the show to make political statements all the time… and then the girls take the money they got for doing the show and go get boob jobs.

I guess it’s a winning formula…?