So I just heard about this new reality series coming out on UPN. It's all about these Amish kids who get to share a Hollywood beach house or something as they try to decide whether they want to embrace the modern world or go back to their homes and live a life of gardening, animal husbandry, and barn-raising.  It sounds a little more interesting (and maybe a lot more exploitive) than the average Who Wants To Be A Mediocre Pop Star? reality show.

Critics, however, claim that Amish in the City should be careful of stereotyping the Amish as backwards, technologically repressed country-folk (very tall hobbits, if you will). I did mention that the key players in this reality show are actual Amish, didn't I? If not, allow me to now.  The key players in this reality show are actual Amish.  How can they be stereotypes?

Others worry that this show will offend the Amish communities.

How the hell will the Amish communities know?