Extreme therapies for parents and children

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Telecinco has premiered a reality show to heal the family relationships of the participants in a rather bizarre way. In The Path of Truth five couples made up of very estranged children and parents must travel the Camino de Santiago participating in therapeutic activities that are supposed to help improve their bond. It is very possible that the premise reminds you of one of the most morbid events of recent months. The presenter is Luján Argüelles, already experienced in this type of format. She disguises her cynicism with a theatrical enthusiasm that is very effective for the network. She has the audacity to use people's misery to build a dramatic spectacle and, on top of that, claim she is fixing their lives. A coach acts as a therapist and proposes a series of confrontational exercises so that the contestants can vent and unlock the pain they carry inside. The result is a melodrama of recriminations, bouts of anxiety, tears, and unbearable shouting, where the viewer swallows the bitterness of the protagonists. A festival of dead grandmothers, run-over brothers, absent fathers, irresponsible mothers, inconsolable children, and neglected creatures. There are terrible stories of abandonment, neglect, narcissism, and family breakdown. What television does is turn all emotional debris into an epic of misfortune. While they make their way along the Camino de Santiago as an allegory of a transformation process, the coach sets up a boxing ring where parents and children will have to vomit all their grievances while punching a sparring partner. The organization of a funeral in life is also announced, which is already foreseeable to be the obituary show. Along the way, some celebrities appear who have been on the cover of gossip magazines for serious conflicts with their parents and who will give advice on how to manage family miseries.