Discussion Topics:
(1) Celebrated as "The Ultimate Job Interview," the show discloses the criteria held by various enterprises in recuiting management staff. The selection process is rigorous: to win or to be eliminated, and the contestants have to fight their ways under great pressure to become the ultimate winner, the apprentice. Do you think this competition process is an embodiment of enterprising spirit? Do you affirm the screening process, as portrayed in this show?
(2) This series has been criticized as a showcase for certain products that pay their way to the TV screen and as a promotion of Donald Trump himself (and the Trump Organization). The challenges supplied by certain enterprises usually turn out to be commercials and product placements for these companies. By so doing, the whole show becomes a sale promotion, and the viewers are the potential buyers. Are you aware of this practice? Do you feel resistant to it?
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