After a sensational arrival on Saturday November 11, 2023 on MTV France and a little later on Paramount+, the show Frenchie Shore is already controversial. As the show’s producer, Arthur responded to heavy criticism of his program.
The new show Frenchie Shore has only just arrived on MTV France and Paramount+, and it is already wreaking havoc at all levels. Its concept? Ten young people are locked up in a villa in Cap d’Agde to do some odd paid work, but also and above all to indulge their common passion for carnal pleasures. If the success is there, it is because this particularly trashy entertainment stretches the concept of reality TV to the maximum, showing explicit scenes, including one of barely censored fellatio in the third episode. A treat for Internet users, who view it with a curiosity that is both guilty and overwhelmed. About reality TV, we could read on X (formerly Twitter): “too trashy”, “you really have to be crazy to watch”, “I lasted three minutes and left, what the hell.” Even the Minister of Culture, Rima Abdul Malak, expressed reservations about the merits of the program. “We are on the verge of pornography,” she said in the columns of Parisian.
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Arthur about Frenchie Shore : “Aren’t there more serious matters at the moment? »
For his part, Arthur, producer of the show, reacted to the controversies triggered by his new baby. “It’s not accessible to everyone. It’s a format that has been around for years. It is blurred, prohibited for those under 16, broadcast on a paid platform and channel. Frenchie Shore is paid for in the same way as the porn film on Canal+ on Saturday evenings, even if we are not at that level either,” he declared to Puremediasbefore, boldly, inviting shocked people to “go to TikTok for 5 minutes”, with the aim of comparing the images to which generation Z has access.
Far from being shaken and considering that sullying his profitable program (one of the biggest successes ever seen by the Paramount+ platform) is not the priority, he also called for a little reason: “Is there Are there no more serious issues at the moment than young people in swimsuits, this uninhibited generation? »
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