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Thursday, April 08, 2004 :::

Swan Dive

I don't like people who refuse to admit they like reality TV. Everybody likes at least a couple shows. Survivor is OK, American Idol is one of my weekly staples, and the original Mole was one of my favoritest shows ever, but this new Swan show kind of turned my stomach a bit when I first heard about it. Turning "average looking women" into beauty queens and thereby making all other average looking women feel bad about themselves? It just seems so shallow, vapid, and downright pathetic. This girl agrees and makes a good point. From Salon.com:

The funny thing is, it doesn't just make you depressed about plastic surgery and sad women and sleazy TV executives. It also makes you depressed about the war in Iraq, the frailty of the human ego, the undeniable soul-sucking lameness of our culture, and the impossibility for real beauty at a time when such confused animals roam the earth. "The Swan" is bad for you. It's bad for me. "The Swan" is bad. Openly reject those who discuss this show. Go ahead. Ostracize them. Limit their freedom of speech. Let the FCC roll its canons onto this battlefield. Why do bare tits outrage us more than this tragedy in motion?

You can read her whole article.

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