“Duck Dynasty” Producer Claims ICE Barbie’s Reality Show Starring Migrants Won’t Be Like “Hunger Games”

The Daily Beast reports:

A producer who pitched the Department of Homeland Security a reality show for U.S. citizenship is defending the concept, insisting it’s not the dystopian nightmare critics fear. “This isn’t ‘The Hunger Games’ for immigrants,” producer and writer Rob Worsoff told the Wall Street Journal of his show, called The American, which is reportedly under review by DHS.

Worsoff, who himself emigrated from Canada, told the Journal he wants the show to come across as “hopeful” and “a celebration of what it means to be an American citizen.”  They would potentially be quizzed on U.S. science and history, competing for fast-tracked U.S. citizenship, the producer said.

Worsoff is known for producing the A&E reality show Duck Dynasty. DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin confirmed that the department is considering the proposal.

Read the full article.

The WSJ report is behind a paywall.

My first post about the show is here.