Alaskan Bush People - new show on Discovery

[Chicken bones]

Oh Discovery Channel....really? This is so ridiculous. Family of nine moves to a remote bush area of Alaska after the big bad Government burns their house down when they were squatting on public land. The channel tries so hard to tell us viewers how "wild" they are, punctuating this with narration about how " like all creatures, the Browns" poop in the woods. The manufactured drama and their utter comfort with duct tape, talking head segments, etc makes that seem a little suspect.

However, interesting: the "kids" (age 30-10) have some funky accents like we see in other insular families like the Arndts. Also, the ick factor of the entire family (parents, five older men, and two younger daughters all live in a one room place by choice.

[stacyf]

The accents were really weird, I couldn't place them at all. I would rather see a show about what real people living in Bush Alaska live like. This is so contrived and just plain weird that I have a hard time believing that they are some wild bush family with no contact with the outside world. It really is not that big of a deal to not see other people for 6 months of the year if you live in the bush, no one travels too far in the winter time.

I also noticed that they have moved to the same area that Papa Pilgrim made his home.

[Maggie Mae]

Ugh. Not sure if the Alaska Film Tax Credit is really helping anything. Let me guess, the Browns are white? Probably have some beards and some storylines involving bears, moose, and the approaching winter?

Has anyone checked into this claim that their cabin in Ketchikan was seized and burned? What do they do for money? Are they seasonal workers? How far off the road system is their new home?

[stacyf]

Ugh. Not sure if the Alaska Film Tax Credit is really helping anything. Let me guess, the Browns are white? Probably have some beards and some storylines involving bears, moose, and the approaching winter?

Exactly. They seem to barter for supplies and hunt but I don't see how they could even survive on 9 PFD checks. They seem a bit ridiculous and in no way resemble any Alaskan who lives in the Bush that I have ever met.

They don't even really live in the bush since they live on the road system. They drove their truck to Chitina. Growing up I was always told Bush Alaska is living off the rail/road/ferry system.

[NotALoserLikeYou]

I read that the dad came from a wealthy family and his parents and sister were killed in a plane crash so GE probably inherited and used that money all these years. Another forum said the wife was 15 when she got married and he was 25? Or 28?

On one episode they went into a bar but none if them drink. The dad said, "the Browns don't drink." plus cross necklaces and tattoos gave me a fundie vibe.

Their speech patterns/impediments were REALLY noticeable in the second Episude. And they're really socially awkward.

They're building a new cabin and again it's ONE ROOM. Why not build a few bedrooms?? How do the parents have sex?

[Trynn]

I read that the dad came from a wealthy family and his parents and sister were killed in a plane crash so GE probably inherited and used that money all these years. Another forum said the wife was 15 when she got married and he was 25? Or 28?

On one episode they went into a bar but none if them drink. The dad said, "the Browns don't drink." plus cross necklaces and tattoos gave me a fundie vibe.

Their speech patterns/impediments were REALLY noticeable in the second Episude. And they're really socially awkward.

They're building a new cabin and again it's ONE ROOM. Why not build a few bedrooms?? How do the parents have sex?

"Like all creatures, the browns reproduce by..."

[NotALoserLikeYou]

Now they've been chased out of their cabin by armed locals, moved onto a boat, and it just sunk.