It's
got pain, anxiety, tears, the blackest trench humour around, and that 'romantic
touch of medical stuff', but, mostly, it's the screams of drills and pain that
will have viewers tuning in each week...
The Evil Dentist™
is the latest reality TV show from the creators of Death Row Junction,
Terminal Ward 69 and Transsexual Tension, and is coming to a network
near you soon...
 | Open
wide! "Arrgh!" Classic moment of pain |
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The
show is set in a real Dentistry in a medium size city (location secret). Viewers
can get involved as long as they don't mind having all the treatment (and 'after-effects')
filmed.
A
producer for the show told us: "Unfortunately, medical ethics demands that
we can't put our patients through more pain than absolutely necessary, so we've
got round that by having three unqualified dentists. Any-hoo: The beauty of dentistry
is that pain is just a small slip away, accidents just sometimes happen!"
The
weekly, hour-long show itself is filled with as many twists and turns as those
being treated in the dentist's chair.
Each
week, viewers are encouraged to vote for their favourite dentist, or for special
features, such as which dentist is to get the faulty drill, the filling cement
that just won't set, or who has to work with the fiery alcoholic Portuguese dental
hygienist who doesn't speak any English - Margaretta.
 | Larry
David operates in Belgium's version of the Evil Dentist |
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In
the top-rated Belgian version of the show, celebrity 'dentists', who really have
no idea what they are doing, were brought in to operate on unsuspecting members
of the public.
"There
really are so few legal opportunities to put people through so much pain as dentistry
allows. I think this idea will run and run," said TV critic and Master of
Pain, Herve Mont.
