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"Wait--I LIKE This Season of Starting Over!"
lrlr1 512 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Reality Show Commentator"
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11-30-05, 03:28 AM (EST)
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1. "RE: Wait--I LIKE This Season of Starting Over!" |
I don't know if "like" is the word I'd use. Frustrating is probably closer to how I feel. Watching these women in action, I know I'd probably never have anything to do with any of them. Mainly because they are so isolated within themselves. They cannot make friendships except on a very superficial level. But they are in a wierd, but VERY limited way, interesting.
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quiller 268 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Network TV Show Guest Star"
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11-30-05, 04:02 AM (EST)
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2. "RE: Wait--I LIKE This Season of Starting Over!" |
hmm, like is definitely not the word I would choose. It seems to me that I keep watching cause I can't help it - kind of like when you see an accident on the road and can't stop looking at it.In the past I have LOVED this show. I have thought that the exercises were sometimes strange, the generally did make some sense. This season has not been like that. I like that they addressed the negativity. I would have like it MUCH MORE if they would have actually followed through on that. Instead, Iyanla left them - supposedly to heal through openness - and all they did was agree to stop the psychobabble and proceeded to go off and continue to gossip. In my opinion, they needed to take footage from the show and play it on the plasma and force the houseguests to address what is shown. That could have created growth. Both Iyanla and Rhonda obviously have favorites. This is just not appropriate. I have seen a number of real therapists and I wasn't worried about being liked by them. The job of a therapist/LC is not JUST to cheer you on, but also to push you to go where you don't want to go. Cause it is those places that are the most fruitful. I think there have been incidents of that this season. For example; Rhonda piling the rocks on Jessica probably qualified. And in the past seasons they have done that to many houseguests. Think of Kim forced to wear horrific sweats for DAYS (not hours like Allison's muumuu). Jennifer forced to wear that necklace around her neck, everywhere she went. Candy who was challenged to change her thinking about herself and allow herself to be drawn, seminude. Bethany introduced to bikers and transvestites. All of these incidents have really moved the houseguests out of their comfort zones. How has Christina been forced out of her comfort zone? Lisa has admittedly been forced out of her comfort zone but then she failed all her assignments and then allowed her to stay - hmm to me that is like a mom saying repeatedly that a kid can't do something and then giving in when the kid begs for the 10th time. Allison could have been forced out of her comfort zone with the refrigerator incident, but all she did was clean - the one thing she SHOULDN'T have done. And it was obvious she only pushed Iyanla cause that is what Iyanla wanted. TJ just gets yelled at and gossiped about. Jills "indictment" - which I think was a stupidly dramatic way ot addressing it - does have the potential to move jill forward. But overall, I think they are allowing these houseguests to skate on by, under the radar. Sorry for this rant, but this show is driving me nuts right now. I find myself YELLING at the tv, something I never normally do. I am not sure why I keep watching. This is something I have to explore with myself. I really want the show to get back to it's stated objective. To help women START OVER. And to follow their own tagline "life has never been this real." Yeah, right. NOT this is what I do when I am NOT watching SO or posting on this board.
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