Captain-Lieutenant (R) Calls Season Three of “Kompani Lauritzen” Celebrity Hypocrisy

Season three of “Kompani Lauritzen” is well underway on the TV screen, and there are only a few weeks left before the grand finale.

Several of the participants in the program have described the experience as tough, and said that participation has contributed to their development as people.

This is one of the things captain lieutenant (R), Carl-Fredrik Joys, reacts to. He believes that “Company Lauritzen” is celebrity hypocrisy.

Tear-dropping stories

“The producer tries to dramatize the scenes as much as possible so that there will be a lot of ‘snarls and tears’. The celebrities who take part in the program are favorite interview subjects and appear daily in all media; on TV, radio and in the press. Here we get to hear tear-jerking stories about how they had to push themselves, and how they managed to bring out strengths and qualities in themselves that they didn’t know they had.”

That’s what Joys writes in a debate post in Bergens Tidende.

– I react when I see interviews with Kompani Lauritzen participants where they describe their experiences, and talk about how much the experience has contributed to their development as people, he says to Dagbladet.

– Hypocritical

– Why haven’t they participated in the first service?, Joys wonders.

The captain-lieutenant (R) believes that the program appears hypocritical when the participants praise their experience in “Kompani Lauritzen”, while at the same time that they have previously refused to serve their own military service.

– If they had served their conscription, they might have seen that it is also quite motivating, and that it helps you develop as a person. But when none of them have been through it, I think there would have been too few to choose from, he says.

– Don’t exactly talk about the Phantom

– Advantageous

Dagbladet has asked TV 2 if they have an overview of how many of those who have participated in “Kompani Lauritzen” have completed the first service.

Press manager at TV 2, Jan-Petter Dahl, does not answer this directly, but says:

– “Kompani Lauritzen” is not the Armed Forces, but an entertainment program where the aim is for the participants to experience community, mastery and personal growth. It is actually an advantage if participants have not served their military service, as those who have been in the Armed Forces have already received the tools and experience that we are trying to give both the participants and the viewers a taste of.

Build your own brand

The captain-lieutenant (R) believes that the participants in the program had proved that they had the proper motivation to serve their conscription, if they had actually been through the initial service prior to their participation.

– I will not speculate on what motivation they have for joining “Kompani Lauritzen”, but I think that much of the reason is to build their own brand as a celebrity, says Joys.

– And it looks like it’s working, considering the attention they get, he says.

– Got a shock

Looking for people with different backgrounds

The press manager at TV 2 says that they use methods for training people that are used in parts of the Armed Forces.

– But beyond that, it has nothing to do with the Armed Forces. We have been inspired by the wonderful things you can experience if you choose to serve the first service, says Dahl.

He explains that they are looking for different types of participants with different backgrounds.

– Together, these will be a good mix of people who give of themselves, and who are attuned to the very special challenge of participating in “Kompani Lauritzen”. Gathering a unique group of participants, we think we have done well in this year’s season as well, says the press manager.