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Judge Judy is an arbitration-based reality court show. Arbitration-based reality versions do not use actors, scripts, or recreations. Rather, they feature litigants who have legitimately been served and filed lawsuits, presenting their cases to an adjudicator.
Behavior and commentary from all participants involved is self-directed as opposed to script-directed. As such, these types of court shows fall into a subcategory of reality television.
It is for these reasons that many of these particular programs make clear claims to authenticity, as text and voiceovers remind viewers that the cases, litigants, and outcomes are "real".
And we all know how reliable Wikipedia is, correct? I mean ANYONE can add information to it.
Well why not mention he's an actor though? Unless the show edited it out
Yes, he said he was something else - a different profession. And none of his public bios (which appear to be updated frequently) has this other profession listed, nor does any of his bios say he has a 3 year old child (not sure why he would keep that hidden, and then go on JJ in front of 10 m people and say he has a child?).
Anyhow, all I'm saying is that it's
very POSSIBLE he was portraying the real litigant, who
very possibly didn't show up for the taping. Why that's so hard for some to understand is beyond me. Could be because some of these who question the theory that this 'real program'would not use real litigants has never worked (nor know anyone who has worked) in television before. There's always a back-up plan when something goes wrong with 'live TV'...and that includes using professional actors when the 'real person booked as a guest' goes AWOL, or shows up drunk, etc.
Keeping in mind they 'galley' is made up of SAG actors and actresses, it could be they pulled this guy from the 'galley' at the last minute.
"Splodey heads keep splodin' " - Sarah Palin, 7-1-16
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MiketheMechanic
8 years ago
Anyhow, all I'm saying is that it's very POSSIBLE he was portraying the real litigant, who very possibly didn't show up for the taping. Why that's so hard for some to understand is beyond me. Could be because some of these who question the theory that this 'real program'would not use real litigants has never worked (nor know anyone who has worked) in television before. There's always a back-up plan when something goes wrong with 'live TV'...and that includes using professional actors when the 'real person booked as a guest' goes AWOL, or shows up drunk, etc.
Yes, but Judge Judy isn't a live show, it's taped. If a litigant does not show up in time for the taping (and it's happened many times, flight didn't arrive on time, etc), the producers will simply call the next case until all litigants have arrived and are prepared for their part on the show.
I don't know if it's possible for an actor to portray a real-life litigant on an arbitration-based reality court show without their advertising it?
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