Go Back To Where You Came From Analysis

Discovery can occur when new knowledge is learnt, thus developing a new perspective. It involves the revelation of the unknown or forgotten. Go Back To Where You Came From is a reality TV shows that follows six Australians as they journey into unknown areas, meet new people and ultimately get taken out of their comfort zones.

Experiences on the show lead to the participants gaining new insights into the world which leads to them having a new perspective. Raye Colby is a retired social worker who, when first interviewed for the show, mentioned in relation to the detention centre next door to her place that “I could have gone over there with a gun and shot the lot of them”. However, after living with the Chin family, a family of refugees, in Malaysia
Time-Travel agencies are a form of tourism in the future, they offer people the chance to see many historical events. Simon Falks, the main character, collects brochures to return to his wife, Mandy, who is pressuring him to take himself and the family on a holiday. After a long deliberation with Mandy some friends of theirs come over and announce that they are going to see the crucifixion of Christ, Mandy decides that that is what the family should also do. To partake in the tour participants attend a lecture that informs them about behaviour and appearance. Upon arrival the participants witness the decision to crucify Jesus. As a part of the time tour the participants have to follow the crowd, thus, participants have to yell out to “release Barabbas”. Mandy then realises that many of the town’s natives are in their houses praying, inquisitively Simon and Mandy go around to confirm that many people are still in their homes. This does not match with the large crowd that had been following Jesus to his death. Soon Simon realises that the members of the crowd are not natives but are people from the future using many different time tour