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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 10:16 PM
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Is "Who's Your Daddy" the show the Fundies are upset about?
I watched a few minutes just now, and it's probably the sappiest show I've ever seen. It's really, really tame. What exactly do they have a problem with?
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 10:30 PM
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1. I don't think it's just the fundies who have a problem with it
:shrug:
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GRLMGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 10:31 PM
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2. Yeah, it sounds pretty awful to me
I should probably watch it first though but the the premise of the show sounds pretty disgusting to me. I hate FOX.
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eaprez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 10:31 PM
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3. It's not the fundamentalists who have a problem with it....
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 10:35 PM
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4. Fundies don't need to actually *see* a show to bitch and moan about it.
They've been doing that since at least the film version of THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST in 1988, and probably for decades before that. Losers.
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Hans Delbrook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 10:35 PM
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5. I'm just wondering when
We're going to start throwing/feeding people to lions and filming that. That's all that's left. Besides free bread for all citizens.

I've never watched a single "reality" show but based on the commercials I'd say they're proof positive that the lowest common denominator keeps getting lower.
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tekriter Donating Member (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 10:47 PM
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7. Actually there's one form of reality tv I've always liked...
Baseball games.
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Hans Delbrook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 10:53 PM
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8. OK, if we're going to include sports..
Then my favorite form of reality TV (Hockey:cry:) is missing from the airwaves this year.
And no, I hate the fighting - it's stupid and a waste of time.
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Zing Zing Zingbah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 10:36 PM
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6. I think it's pretty disgusting to turn someone's search for
a family member into a cheesy "reality" TV show. It's also disgusting that they found people willing to participate in such a show.
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frylock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 10:57 PM
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9. i agree..
I find the premise of this show to be even more offensive than "The Swan".
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put out Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 11:26 PM
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13. Oh, yes, "The Swan".
Like watching a train wreck. What on earth do they turn these poor souls into?

O.K., I understand wanting some "work" done; I have a few things I wouldn't mind changing about my appearance had I the inclination, time, and money to burn. But for crying out loud, these women just look scary when the experts are done. Pathetic. At least they could make the subjects look like real people.
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sugar magnolia Donating Member (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 10:59 PM
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10. I'm no fundie
But as an adoptee I have a huge problem with it.
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Shananigans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 11:11 PM
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11. See, I just don't get that...
At first I was totally against the show and was not going to watch it out of principal. But then my curiosity got the better of me and I wanted to be able to defend my detest for the show firsthand.

Unfortunately I changed my mind! Overall, I found the show a little sappy, but not really exploiting at all. Both the father and the daughter seemed elated at being given this opportunity. Although the money factor was attached, it was very obvious that this wasn't the number one.

So, although slightly sappy and emotional I'd have to say that I don't really see the problem with it.

Anyone else?
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Hobarticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 11:25 PM
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12. Brought to you by the network of moral values....Fox!
What a bunch of turds.
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eaprez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 11:46 PM
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16. some of the objection was to the title of the program.
some groups felt the title had racist undertones....
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Hobarticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 11:49 PM
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17. Not to mention just plain tacky...
Racist overtones? At Fox? Horror!
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jellybelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 11:27 PM
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14. The show should be called:
Edited on Mon Jan-03-05 11:28 PM by jellybelly
"My Momma's A Slut"
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GRLMGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 11:29 PM
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15. That's not really fair
These are people who were put up for adoption not people whose mother's don't know who the father of their baby is.
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jellybelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 12:03 AM
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18. then shouldn't it be called
"Who is your Mommy and Daddy?" If she knows her mom, then her mom should know who her dad is right?:shrug:
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GRLMGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 12:07 AM
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19. but then they wouldn't be able to use that fabulous title
Duh ;)
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jellybelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 12:09 AM
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20. oh yeah....
that title sounds dirty...}( I feel bad for her slutty mother...LOL.
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seg4527 Donating Member (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 12:21 AM
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21. it's kind of sick
my girlfriend has only met her biological father once, and the show really mad her mad.
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