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One of the most important things to Ice Road Truckers ' success is the feeling of authenticity that the show gives off -- even when that's not always the case. This extends to the trucks they drive, as former trucker Rick Yemm says that the show had him act like he owned the truck he was driving, even though it wasn't true. Yemm doesn't even own a truck in real life--the one on the show was owned by Hugh "Polar Bear" Rowland. Fans who read Yemm's interview had to wonder: does that mean other truckers on the show were provided with trucks.
The show isn't all that forthcoming with answers here, but we know that Yemm had to do it, so some speculate that there might be more. Much like how the cast members have to slot themselves into character archetypes the show lays out for them, they also reportedly had to act like they have certain levels of driving skills that may or may not be accurate.
The show allegedly polishes the skills of less experienced drivers to make it seem like they're excellent at their TV job. Some drivers, like Rick Yemm or Dave Redmon, have spoken out against their portrayal on the show, as they had to act like they were having more problems with their trucks than other drivers. Both those stars have voiced complaints about how they were pigeonholed into "bad guy" roles, and Yemm brought up the fact that the show made him seem like a worse driver than he was.
One of the secrets of reality television is that dramatic sequences are often cut together to seem like one continuous moment, when they're actually a Frankenstein's monster of audio and video clips spliced together from many different sources. Ice Road Truckers is no exception, and to aid in this the cast sometimes is forced to repeat lines over and over.
Dave Redmon claims producers would have the truckers repeat a phrase i. It obviously wasn't fun for the stars to say words again and again. Hearing that audio play over situations where they didn't say anything like that must have been weirder. Reality show producers often go help manufacture conflict on their shows. Sometimes that means they do their very best to get their stars to get angry with one another.
Former star Dave Redmon says that aside from them sticking certain lines into places where they weren't actually said, the producers would actually tell their stars that other people on set didn't like them. Redmon claims that producers specifically tried to start a fight between Lisa Kelly and Maya Sieber by setting Sieber up as Kelly's replacement.
That didn't work, but Redmon also recalls them telling others that certain cast members were insulting them behind their backs, oftentimes based on nothing. If you're working on a popular reality show, you might expect to work with people who know what they're doing.
Well, you'd be wrong, according to Dave Redmon. The former trucker recalls working with one cameraman who had learned how to use the equipment just a few minutes before they started filming.
Redmon blames the inexperience on set to the production company's attempt keep costs low. Cast members reportedly just had to grit their teeth and hope that all their effort was getting filmed correctly, that their footage would be usable.
Fans may think they're getting unfiltered reality when they tune in to Ice Road Truckers, but that's just not the case. Trucking companies have a very strong influence on the show, according to former driver Dave Redmon, who says that he saw a contract that allowed them editing control. Redmon claims the contract prohibited Carlile company truckers from being portrayed negatively on the show.
To achieve this goal, Carlile executives had access to the show's footage, and were allowed to go through and cut anything they didn't like. There has been no official confirmation of this, but the fact that Redmon's trainer Tony was one of theirs and wasn't show in a negative light seems to add some credence. Part of the reason we've seen such a boom in reality television in the last ten years is the Writers' Guild of America strike that occurred from Television producers were stingy with writers' residual payments, and when the writers went on strike in protest, producers turned to "unscripted" television to fill airtime and attract viewers.
However, shows like Ice Road Truckers aren't really untirely unscripted. The cast of the trucking show have to work with producers allegedly telling them exactly what the conflicts are for each episode, exactly how they want them to react, and exactly how to proceed in their routes. The show may not have a formal script, but the cast still reportedly has written instructions they have to perform. What other rules do Ice Road Truckers have to follow? Let us know in the comments!
Share Share Tweet Email 0. Related Topics Lists. A three-year hiatus that shows no signs of ending has fans aching for updates on their favorites. Each member of the cast has his or her own way of dealing with time away from the spotlight. The results of their coping mechanisms vary. Though not enough time has passed for the latest truckers to meet the same terrible ends of some of their former costars.
Past seasons saw principal cast members vanish without comment. Fans were robbed of all the juicy details about prison sentences and the like. On the bright side, they were saved from learning about the depressing fates of some of the most beloved stars. Polar Bear claims in his lawsuit it was the reckless driving of an Ice Road Truckers producer that led to his life-changing accident. It ended his career in trucking, in television, and has even impacted his marriage.
Dave has always blamed his poor portrayal in a predetermined storyline that went ahead without his permission. These days he spends most of his time fixing up cars on his hobby YouTube channel. Darrel was flying out to film a documentary on plane wreck recovery at the time of the accident, according to Deadline. Rick Yemm getting ready. The R. V is a non stop party. Colin gets kicked out of a spot by too much sunshine? Colin Lambert , gap to back lip in Thunder Bay. The RV pulls over for food and ammo.
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