I've watched a few episodes of Fox's Trading Spouses and I liked it a lot. I especially loved the episode that takes a man from Southern America and puts him in a New York city apartment with a very rich New York family. The two families were different, yes, but the Southern man tries to fit in with the new culture and does a very good job.
Wife Swap is different, however. Like Trading Spouses, the families are completely different, but the problem is that the wives who swap don't even try to adapt. They loudly and proudly hold on to their way of life, thinking it is superior, and try to change the other people in the process.
It's not just the contrived conflict that makes Wife Swap so painful to watch but also the fact that you know the wives are acting for the camera. It is so clear these women are desperately trying to show off their identity for the world to see. In other words, they are acting, and that goes against what I expect in reality TV.
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