These days it seems like the insane lengths to which people go to make reality television are more interesting and dramatic than the shows themselves. Last week, a British production crew gave the flu to an unspoiled Amazonian tribe, and now, an American is caught behaving insanely illegally (and immorally) in the name of TV:

Police charged an aspiring reality show director with blocking four women _ half of a cast billed as ordinary girls hoping to become "princesses" _ from leaving the central Florida house where the show was being shot.

Marc Brilleman, 33, identified as the chief operating officer, director and writer of "Pauper to Princess," was arrested Saturday on a charge of false imprisonment.

According to the show's Web site, its concept was to build the eight women's self-esteem and help them grow physically, mentally and spiritually.

Four of the women told investigators Brilleman blocked and locked a door when they tried to leave the house, where they had been since February and had been able to leave on weekends …