The Ashley Madison Affair

Bad Actors instead of Real People Woo boy did I turn this off fast! Don't know about you, but when I settle in to watch a documentary, I look forward to hearing from the REAL victims and all those affected by the scandal. I appreciate the rawness and vulnerability of real people. Welp, on this one, instead of hearing from the actual people involved, they opt to have actors read testimonials as though it were their own. They are set up in front of some corny looking props with their names in quotes. On top of that, they are baaaaaaad actors. I really hope this is not a trend here to stay. If you can't get real people to participate in your doc, shelve it and wait. Don't insult the audience with this clownery.

The idea of this docuseries is great. Give information about the Ashley Madison scandal, done. The way it's done however, is so incredibly poor. You'll get 10 seconds of talking followed by 30 second of garbage stock footage to pad out the episode. This reals like a way to just stretch 1 episode for 4-5 episodes as a way to pump out more content. On top of that you get awful actors that are trying so hard to make this their "big break" instead of real people that suffered because of this site. This should be an example of how NOT to make a docuseries. Slow it down, stick to only the facts and stop jumping to stock footage. We arent 2 year olds that need constant pictures shoved into our faces.

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