
And I can tell you, as someone who was once tens of thousands deep in debt, some people will do just about anything out of financial desperation. Pranks are supposed to be a funny thing where everyone ends up laughing, or Justin Timberlake ends up crying. The fact that he thinks this is funny is scary. The concept has received backlash since Matarazzo tweeted. Too young to understand the ramifications of his choices. Prank Encounters will involve tricking unemployed people who believe they’re starting a new job, according to a press release. Seems 2 me Gaten needs a real parent to offer him a firm no. Many folks needing a job are 1 step away from the edge. Just paying them after devastating them is sleezy. Man you see that single mother of three on Prank Encounters last night? She thought she finally had health insurance then the rug was pulled out from under her. Outside of 'Stranger Things' Gaten hosts the Netflix show 'Prank Encounters.' Early Life Matarazzo was born on Septemin Connecticut and given the name Gaetano John Matarazzo III.
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What I really want is some rich kid already making 100x more then me pranking my ass on tv for laughs. Yeah because when I get a new job to support myself. Back in March, it was reported that the cast of Stranger Things all got significant pay raises for Season 3, and Gaten reportedly makes $250,000 an episode (which works out to $2 million for the eight-episode season). But still, many found it cruel to dangle the opportunity of employment in front of unsuspecting people, while others pointed out that it’s in pretty poor taste for a rich teenager to prank someone who desperately needs a job.

The jobs offered on Prank Encounters will most likely be one-off gig work or odd jobs. And when they ask for gloves, tell them there are no gloves! Ha ha! And no lunch breaks! And also no health insurance, because the job is fake LOL.” But I’m picturing him sitting in a van watching the chaos go down from a hidden camera, giving instructions into an actor’s ear piece, like, “ Okay, now grab a rag and tell them it’s their job to wipe the extremely lactose intolerant elephant’s butt for $7.25 an hour.

Gaten will serve as an executive producer as well as host, and it’s not known what kind of hosting role he’ll play. Prank Encounters faced a mini-backlash before it premiered as many worried for the potential job seekers at the heart of the hidden camera show. It’s business as usual until their paths collide and these part-time jobs turn into full-time nightmares.” “Each episode of this terrifying and hilarious prank show takes two complete strangers who each think they’re starting their first day at a new job. Prank Encounters took the temporary title of Most Hated Thing On The Internet after the press release for the show went out last week. If that seems kind of like a cruel set up, then you might be one of the many people who called the show out before a single episode has been released. The basis of the pranks is that people are hired for fake jobs, not knowing their new job is fake, and they were only hired so strangers at home can laugh at their misfortune.
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But a lot of them have never seen Stranger Things, and a lot of them have never seen my work before or familiar with me.In the grand tradition of Punk’d, Scare Tactics, and Jackass, Deadline reports that Netflix has ordered eight episodes of a series called Prank Encounters, in which innocent strangers will be pranked on the job by 16-year-old Gaten Matarazzo, who plays Dustin on Stranger Things. A lot of them have never heard of Prank Encounters," Matazarro confessed with a chuckle. "More people know me from my work in Stranger Things. And although it can be "frustrating" to redo the prank for the next new mark, the Stranger Things scene-stealer loves to be the one to shatter the intricate illusion at the end of a successful stunt. Matarazzo added that although the Prank Encounters episodes are only 22-minutes long, the complex pranks usually takes nearly three hours to film. And it's very funny to me because while they're all weirded out, everybody around them is like, 'Ah, we'll get them next time!'" the 18-year-old actor explained. "And all of a sudden, a set opens up and they're like, 'What is happening right now?' Because then they look around and they're like, 'Who are they?!' And is like, 'Oh yeah, you're on a prank show.

"I don't think anyone's ever seen a camera, but sometimes they'll catch on and a crew member will be spotted somewhere or something like that. Wiretapping: It is illegal in most states to record a telephone conversation with the other person’s consent.
