re: #79 Lidane

It’s real, but they have the basic premise backwards. It’s about an American girl who has to live in Saudi Arabia:

scpr.org

Yeah, apparently there’s a lot of backlash on Twitter due to the wording of the series premise, namely “kidnapping” and “surviving life behind the veil.” Really, just at first blush, I’m not sure what ABC was thinking with buying into a pilot episode. Just what demographic were they hoping to appeal to with this?