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Hello Everyone,

My name is Scott and I am the Casting Director in charge of Discovery Studios show Seeking Sister Wife on TLC. I am currently seeking additional families who are currently in the process of dating, or beginning to date, a sister wife they can bring into their loving home.

A member of the site had told me to join with the hope that there may be members who would find this opportunity interesting. My goal for season two is to find amazing families/couples who truly embody the polygamist lifestyle and are seeking a sister wife with love and the best of intentions.

If you are a couple/family who is currently seeking a sister wife I would love to hear from you! In my profile there is a website address to apply, as well as my personal Facebook page which you can contact me through as well.

I hope to hear from you soon. Thanks!
 

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I'm not volunteering, but are you willing and promising to include that family's hard core religious beliefs? Would there be segments of them worshiping, praying and studying as a poly family? Or, are you just looking for the social dynamics angle, while the "religious" stuff ends up on the cutting room floor?

I'm not going to tell anyone not to, but just beware of Hollywood exploitation.
 
Please note that as Mr Goldstein has signed up using a gmail account we cannot verify his identity, but his links to the discovery channel are valid. In lieu of the provision of a clearly official email address I would encourage anyone who is interested to enquire with the discovery channel directly rather than sending any personal information to Mr Goldstein either on this forum or via facebook, just in case this is an elaborate phishing scam. The discovery channel is truly casting for this show at present.
 
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As someone who has watched each of the episodes of the first season, I’d have to say in light of this thread, that I’m not sure that I came away with the point of the whole show aside from Discovery channel trying to cash in on the whole poly interest.

The family dynamics of the Snowdens was odd to say the least, the Briney’s highlighted a family that was manipulated by the first wife rather than led by a man, and the only relatively normal poly family ends up with what seemed to be a staged rejection of the family by a flake. I wonder how much they had to promise the flake to take the trip and reject the family so they could get it on film.

After watching Sister Wives and My Five Wives, Seeking Sister Wives was more of a B or C grade show that I probably wouldn’t waste my time watching again . . . . . Unless maybe one of our charming families decides to commit sepuku there.:eek::p
 
Verifyveritas76 said:
bably wouldn’t waste my time watching again . . . . . Unless maybe one of our charming families decides to commit sepuku there.
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:( I need me hearts for this one. o_O
 
I should also point out that the Biblical Families staff personally know people who have both appeared on such shows in the past, and others who have rejected offers to appear on such shows after careful consideration. If anybody is seriously interested in being on such a show, it would be wise to first have a chat with @nathan or @andrew to get some background advice.

@Scott Goldstein, as a community we do in general appreciate the fact that such shows have raised awareness of the fact that polygamists exist and that they are normal people not child abusers. Howeve, these shows are getting stale because you're struggling to find solid, normal families who are willing to participate. The primary reason for this is that the show is edited by people who do not share our values, and nobody knows what the end result will be and how inaccurately their family may be portrayed in the endless search for drama and ratings. Too many families have been poorly portrayed in reality TV shows, and not only regarding polygamy. If you want to see how people here reacted to Seeking Sister Wife click here. Three wives and a husband was also full of obvious selective editing for drama value (a wife happens to be crying = she must be upset about polygamy), and complete disregard for the community's security - the contents of their cellar containing emergency food supplies was even broadcast, which is basically every prepper's worst nightmare and would almost certainly have been vetoed by the family if they had the opportunity.

If TLC were willing to offer contracts whereby the family had representation on the editorial committee, and a full veto authority on any footage being shown at all, or shown in a particular manner, with contractual financial compensation if the channel failed to honour this, then possibly you'd find more people actually willing to participate. There's a mutual benefit here. You could get a novel TV show that nobody else is doing (a real, successful Christian polygamist family), and this community could obtain positive publicity.

As it is, the people who are wise enough to hold a plural family together for decades are also wise enough to steer well clear of TV...
 
I believe Mr Goldstein is legit. He is casting a wide net and is in lots of the polygamy groups asking for volunteers.

The first episode had one non Judeo-Christian couple and two Mormon families. I, personally would love to see a Christian family on the next season.

I do have one concern. Having watched the show closely and been in touch with the people on it, it seems like there was a common complaint that the show was unfairly edited. For example, see this blog post:

https://speakingofpolygamy.com/2018/02/28/morning-sickness-midwives-and-molar-pregnancies/

In paticular this section:

"As far as the filming and editing of the show, Karla Jo say the editing was done in a deceiving manner. For instance, the audio is edited enough so that at times she is shown saying the exact opposite of what she actually said (for instance, the word “don’t” got cut out of one of her statements). She also thinks the scenes she’s in that were posed (like when she was standing outside with Sherri) felt very fake."

This is the midwife, that was not even supposed to be on the show, and I presume was not paid anything, and really has no dog in the hunt. Why would it be edited to make the midwife say something that was the opposite of what she said?

Jocelyn said on her live stream that the show was edited to make things look different than what was really happening.

It seemed like everyone who was on the show complained about the editing. Further it appears that the editing was designed for the sensational and was a crass attempt to simply make money off people who are different. It would be fine, if it were advertised as fiction, but it is not.

Perhaps everyone should know by now that reality TV is not real, and that it is not a documentary, but is rather entertainment. I am not sure if everyone gets that.

I do not think it has to be that way, though. For example, watch the latest show "Three Wives and a Husband" filmed by a different production team. It is closer to a fair documentary. Watch it and see if you can tell the difference.

Another good example is "Polygamy USA" by National Geograpic which was a great show. Entertaining and still honest and fair to those in front of the camera.

Asking families to bear thier souls and hearts knowing that they will be judged harshly by thousands and thousands of arm chair experts, and having zero control of the editing and how they will be respresented is asking for a lot. A whole lot. I am not convinced that the first season was enough to earn their trust.
 
The people who are doing it for the money knowing they have no control over the content really shouldn't be heard to say later that they're not happy with the way it turned out.

This conversation usually ends with a consensus that the only way we'll ever be able to control our message is to have a YouTube channel and self-produce short episodes for that. Come to the Summer Conference and let's get something started!
 
Mojo said:
I'm not volunteering, but are you willing and promising to include that family's hard core religious beliefs? Would there be segments of them worshiping, praying and studying as a poly family? Or, are you just looking for the social dynamics angle, while the "religious" stuff ends up on the cutting room floor?

I'm not going to tell anyone not to, but just beware of Hollywood exploitation.
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Mojo, I am strictly involved in the casting process and cannot speak to the production side of the show and what does and does not make it into the show. I know that I am trying to cast a diverse range of families/couples that practice polygamy with love and true intentions.
 
FollowingHim said:
Please note that as Mr Goldstein has signed up using a gmail account we cannot verify his identity, but his links to the discovery channel are valid. In lieu of the provision of a clearly official email address I would encourage anyone who is interested to enquire with the discovery channel directly rather than sending any personal information to Mr Goldstein either on this forum or via facebook, just in case this is an elaborate phishing scam. The discovery channel is truly casting for this show at present.
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FollowingHim: all applicants should apply directly through the Discovery website. Those emails will all come to me but you are correct, please submit through the site if interested in submitting to the casting process.
 
Thank you sir for that explanation.

I'm not trying to be condescending, but I would still warn others that love and true intentions still don't equal a Biblical Family. It's much more than that. I'm not sure producers understand or want to understand that.

I do applaud you for casting a wide net and reaching out to us.

Have a blessed day.
 
andrew said:
The people who are doing it for the money knowing they have no control over the content really shouldn't be heard to say later that they're not happy with the way it turned out.
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The Mormons who were on the show both claim that they agreed to be on the show to fight bad polygamy sterotypes and to help decriminalize polygamy by showing real and relatively normal people to a general audience. For that, and for all of the public hate that came their way because of it we have to appluad them I think. Drew Briney said he lost money being on the show.

By the way, I am told that for season 2 all three families will be back and they are looking to cast two more families. It would be nice to have an evangelical Christian family as one of them. I think they are also open to a Muslim family.
 
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The Mormons who were on the show both claim that they agreed to be on the show to fight bad polygamy sterotypes and to help decriminalize polygamy by showing real and relatively normal people to a general audience. For that, and for all of the public hate that came their way because of it we have to appluad them I think.
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Nah. Good intentions count for squat, and rationalizations or cover stories count less. :eek::(

A good rule of thumb in business or life is don't play games that you don't know the rules of. If they thought they were going to 'fight bad stereotypes' without creative control of the production that's just silly. Incredibly naive at best.

Same for the 'public hate'; was that not foreseeable? Generally, if you pick a fight and lose, you don't get an ovation, and it's made more embarrassing if you complain about how bad you got beat up.

@Scott Goldstein, I appreciate what you're doing and understand your job description. Please don't take anything I say personally. I wish you luck finding the cast you're looking for.

That said, I want to remind everybody here that TV production companies don't exist to make plural families feel good about themselves or to fight bad stereotypes. They exist to create product to meet a market demand and thereby turn a profit (that's a compliment, not a criticism), and the demand in so-called "reality" shows is for sensationalism and drama and conflict, not boring truth, not God's truth. Do not expect to have creative control of the product, do not expect people to like or appreciate what you're doing, and in one case I'm aware of, do not expect your family to survive the experience.
 
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