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    Television, now heal thyself!

    Aug 07, 2020 5 minutes
    By Judy Berman
    PHOTOGRAPH BY FELICIA GRAHAM
    Time Off is reported by Mariah Espada and Josh Rosenberg

    IF YOU’VE WATCHED ANY AMOUNT OF REALITY TV, you’ve witnessed a scene like the one that closes the series premiere of TBS’s Lost Resort: a beautiful 20-something woman, surrounded by scenery straight out of the Garden of Eden, screams her heart out. Her hot castmates look on helplessly, wearing skimpy athleisure and concerned expressions.

    On this kind of meltdown would probably be about competing for a mate. and its ilk force exhausted contestants to work together to complete challenges designed to incite conflict. But in the meltdown the challenge. The series transports nine people to a resort in the Costa Rican jungle on what it describes as a “journey of self-discovery,” in the care of “an eclectic team of alternative healers.” In this instance, we are

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