It appears a young man who is desperate to make a success of his failed real estate investment has chosen to victimize the young and vulnerable with his flawed ideals. By creating a youthful mono-generation environment, it is far easier for this fellow to extract monetary resources from his victims, all while using the common media induced paranoia to sell his false bill of goods. Why do we fail to educate our young people so they do not fall victim to this modern day Jimmy Jones? While some appear to be realizing they have fallen for a ruse, it is so sad to see some with severe emotional illnesses being exploited as nothing more than a type of domestic livestock. As I would surely be ejected from the camp due to age discrimination and bigotry, I can't help but feel pity for these young people. The fact that older generations have left them so ignorant and vulnerable is a disgrace and a horrible failure. This an example of the result, and it's not pretty.
7 Reviews
Laughable example of white privilege stressing out in the jungle.
wendymareadawson30 April 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Apart from all the obvious flaws, this doco shows an ecologically themed sojourn in the jungle with a cat killing the country's national emblem, to the amusement of one of the participants. Maybe they don't get irony?
Millennials Fish Flop on Gilligan's Island
w-5381326 April 2017
IN the olden days American Utopian pioneers included the Shakers, the Oneidas and the Amanas. These pioneers had a communal and religious dedication towards perfection, society, work, hand craftsmanship and in the way they conducted their lives. Remember Shaker furniture? These Utopian societies are long dead but their legacy lives on.
Special-snowflake millennials lack everything that the original American Utopians brought to the table in days of old. Case in point millennials lack "skilz." Thus, when watching this show I began laughing out loud.
I even cried (in laughter) as these snowflakes paid big bucks for "the experience" of rolling around in the mud of an "ecovillage," while starving, as their cult-like-mentor snarfed copious quantities of GMO corn-chips and bought $150 bottles of wine while flying first class.
The comedy of this show just could not be any better;
I expect to see a Panamanian gang trying to shake down the clueless. The millennials will ask to see the gang's badges. The Panamanians will reply "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stink-in' badges!" According to the US department of state NONE of the land in the Panamanian outback has recorded title records, and the country is high on the list of legal corruption. Sounds like a good place to build a Utopian community to me, NOT!
"Our survival as a species" depends on a group of millennials that want to pioneer the jungle. Unfortunately, American millennials cannot navigate their way out of a paper bag.
Let's be ecologically friendly by composting with our own manure while we use plastic PVC pipe. That dog does not know how to hunt.
Lets demonstrate that millennials have no real world skills, manipulative skills, and/or critical thinking skills.
If I wanted to select an elite millennial up to the challenge of homesteading in the jungle; I would naturally select an sex seeking manic depressive millennial that works for as an editor on the Huffington post. Watching a millennial that discontinued her mental illness medication makes for a great reality show. The LGBT trend has gone stale so mental illness will be the next big "community" of interest.
The millennial with a finance major but never used a hand tool; I am looking forward to him chopping his arm off doing something physical. He was looking forward to communicating and his fate will be to commune with the mud of a rain-forest.
The pathetic "reality" of this hip Vice Network "reality" show is as funny as it is scary.
Special-snowflake millennials lack everything that the original American Utopians brought to the table in days of old. Case in point millennials lack "skilz." Thus, when watching this show I began laughing out loud.
I even cried (in laughter) as these snowflakes paid big bucks for "the experience" of rolling around in the mud of an "ecovillage," while starving, as their cult-like-mentor snarfed copious quantities of GMO corn-chips and bought $150 bottles of wine while flying first class.
The comedy of this show just could not be any better;
I expect to see a Panamanian gang trying to shake down the clueless. The millennials will ask to see the gang's badges. The Panamanians will reply "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stink-in' badges!" According to the US department of state NONE of the land in the Panamanian outback has recorded title records, and the country is high on the list of legal corruption. Sounds like a good place to build a Utopian community to me, NOT!
"Our survival as a species" depends on a group of millennials that want to pioneer the jungle. Unfortunately, American millennials cannot navigate their way out of a paper bag.
Let's be ecologically friendly by composting with our own manure while we use plastic PVC pipe. That dog does not know how to hunt.
Lets demonstrate that millennials have no real world skills, manipulative skills, and/or critical thinking skills.
If I wanted to select an elite millennial up to the challenge of homesteading in the jungle; I would naturally select an sex seeking manic depressive millennial that works for as an editor on the Huffington post. Watching a millennial that discontinued her mental illness medication makes for a great reality show. The LGBT trend has gone stale so mental illness will be the next big "community" of interest.
The millennial with a finance major but never used a hand tool; I am looking forward to him chopping his arm off doing something physical. He was looking forward to communicating and his fate will be to commune with the mud of a rain-forest.
The pathetic "reality" of this hip Vice Network "reality" show is as funny as it is scary.
Mixed messages, cringey viewing
wmd-0322012 November 2021
Clearly underrated on here
thegentle028 March 2021
This is a hybrid doc/reality series. Yes, it features a lot of characters that are flawed and immature, but it is highly entertaining, pretty self-aware and unforgiving. If you liked "Naked and Afraid", you'll like this - there's a sort of Robinson Crusoe feel to it.
All the problematic things - privilege, lack of awareness, greed, conflict of interest, purity spirals - are discussed in the series. It's a great take on idealism clashing with reality; the portrayal of local Campesinos is quite fair although they just play small side roles and their lives aren't well fleshed out. Still, there's a lot more that could have been poorly portrayed about this challenging subject. I recommend you watch at least 3 episodes before making up your mind.
Prepare for lots of cringe and a good portion of self-reflection. And for wanderlust, if you like warm rain.
All the problematic things - privilege, lack of awareness, greed, conflict of interest, purity spirals - are discussed in the series. It's a great take on idealism clashing with reality; the portrayal of local Campesinos is quite fair although they just play small side roles and their lives aren't well fleshed out. Still, there's a lot more that could have been poorly portrayed about this challenging subject. I recommend you watch at least 3 episodes before making up your mind.
Prepare for lots of cringe and a good portion of self-reflection. And for wanderlust, if you like warm rain.
The show is great... the subject matter is not.
KyleStoeckig5 February 2020
Interesting but flawed
mctavis-9760228 December 2017
Warning: Spoilers
The point in kalu yala is to create a sustainable town using a program of internships who build the town and its economy, eventually making it completely self sufficient by creating their own produce and their own food. Funded by a internship of 100 young people of the age of 20 ish. Created by a failed real estate agent with a idealistic view of how his interns can create a sustainable town with the skills taught to them by the staff of kalu yala. However the fact that many of the students are dealing with personal and private issues in their lives makes kalu yala and jimmy seem like a freaky eco cult. The kids being sold this idea of ecology and sustainablity is actually a business model manipulated by Jimmy to draw in more and more interns. The documentary does clearly show how a idelistic view of a sustainable town is a good idea, however when put into practice it is flawed and becomes extremely impractical. Some of interns do realise that they were sold a expensive and bad deal, many of the staff are minipulated into jimmys views and don't see that what jimmy is actually doing.
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