“La Caserma”, military rules and zero technology: here is the new RaiDue reality show

The Barracks it is not a physical place, but a place of the soul, in which to adequately portray the so-called Generation Z. The docureality of RaiDue, son of the success that The college it was able to arouse, it wanted to bring with it the promise of a socio-cultural deepening, of a commitment that is not only television. “It is a social experiment that will make us reflect on the children included in the under 30 group”, was read in the press release released by Rai.

The Barracks, whose watchwords seem to revolve around the military concept of discipline, will debut on RaiDue at 21.20 on Wednesday 27 January, catapulting 21 between boys and girls into a world that knows no time or progress. For a month, fifteen male and six female adolescents, just of age, will find themselves having to share the burdens and honors of a soldier’s life. The call to exercises will wake them up in the morning, duties will precede pleasures, technology will be banned and team spirit will have to replace the sense of community that social networks seem to promise.

Five instructors and a head instructor, Renato Daretti, will watch over the 21, while the voice of Simone Montedoro will accompany the audience for the six episodes, a mixture – on perfect paper – of adventure, entertainment and current events. The idea behind de The Barracks, where no temporal collocation has gone, is that of narrating «a deeply mature generation, capable of reading tradition, projecting itself into the future and being well aware of itself». Despite the social difficulties of Italy today.

The twenty-one boys, aged between 18 and 23, do not all have a clear idea of ​​their future. Someone works, someone else studies. Most, however, belong to the neets, inactive young people who are not looking for a job or studying. Parrot The Barracks it should provide the tools to survive the game and the jungle of life, learning, once and for all, the meaning of doing.