With all the revelations of the past week that Josh Duggar, eldest son of Jim Bob and the Clown Car Vagina, molested five girls that we know of, including four of his sisters, when he was a teenager, one would think this might be a moment for TLC to sit back and go, "YA KNOW? Maybe our little business plan of putting fucked up people on the teevee, and then being shocked when we find out that they are fucked up, is not working so well anymore!"
I understand they may be reluctant to renegotiate their advertising, but that would be a small price to pay for ensuring (or is that *insuring*) their product won't be paired with and sponsoring a child molester. Didn't they stop advertising on Limbaugh's show after his outburst of slut shaming?
I'm sticking to the narrative that regardless it's fucked up to mock her based on how many kids she has, especially given that she's been in a cult for at least 20+ years.
But I mean, it's super important that you have something to hang your hat on to argue against that, I guess.
I dunno....I suppose I thought he would have a wise view from a Christian viewpoint...and as the Catholic church has had to deal with pedo issues. I like him and want solace.
Well according to the TLC website their show "United Bates of America" will be debuted on August 6th. So the family is "double dipping?" The Duggars show was also shown on Hulu, who dropped them like a hot potato.
I'm hoping they see the most dollars in exposing the whole story. Dangle enough money in front of Jessa and she'll spill. She wants so badly to keep her pretty face on the TV screen, and she probably figures, "I can keep my pretty fingers clean of this whole thing, and just make money by smiling and smiling."
There is at least some semblance of "reality" because the actors are playing a caricatured version of themselves with actual real-life events weaved into the stories. In every other way, they are low-budget versions of whatever genre they fit into. They don't have actual scripts because that would involve paying a professional writer. Good sitcom or drama writers are expensive. Instead, they have storyline editors who write the outline of where the stories will go, pen an occasional great line or lines for characters to say to advance key plot points or just provide great copy for the marketing (and get dozens of takes if necessary for the stars to deliver the lines convincingly), and then edit the hundreds of hours of footage to pick the best scenes for the stories they want to tell.
It's not entirely fake depending on the show, but it's also foolish to assume that the footage you see in any of the home-based reality shows is an actual reflection of how those people live. They're playing the drama version of Duggar life that producers have decided people will tune in to watch.
I take it this TLC thing is some sort of cable channel?
Just Ewwww!
To my knowledge, he has yet to give Ablow job to anyone in this story.
Very weaselly!
I understand they may be reluctant to renegotiate their advertising, but that would be a small price to pay for ensuring (or is that *insuring*) their product won't be paired with and sponsoring a child molester. Didn't they stop advertising on Limbaugh's show after his outburst of slut shaming?
I'm sticking to the narrative that regardless it's fucked up to mock her based on how many kids she has, especially given that she's been in a cult for at least 20+ years.
But I mean, it's super important that you have something to hang your hat on to argue against that, I guess.
Nice revisionism there, Jozef.
What are you talking about? You must mean the Willis family. The Bates family already have a series on UP channel. Get your facts straight.
Or if the Duggars (any of them) decide to honestly confront this issue in a new series or documentary.
Get your facts straight. Michelle Duggar was only 17 yrs old when she and Jim Bob married. He was about 19.
I dunno....I suppose I thought he would have a wise view from a Christian viewpoint...and as the Catholic church has had to deal with pedo issues. I like him and want solace.
Well according to the TLC website their show "United Bates of America" will be debuted on August 6th. So the family is "double dipping?" The Duggars show was also shown on Hulu, who dropped them like a hot potato.
Cool. So 19 years cult free. Thanks!
I'm hoping they see the most dollars in exposing the whole story. Dangle enough money in front of Jessa and she'll spill. She wants so badly to keep her pretty face on the TV screen, and she probably figures, "I can keep my pretty fingers clean of this whole thing, and just make money by smiling and smiling."
There is at least some semblance of "reality" because the actors are playing a caricatured version of themselves with actual real-life events weaved into the stories. In every other way, they are low-budget versions of whatever genre they fit into. They don't have actual scripts because that would involve paying a professional writer. Good sitcom or drama writers are expensive. Instead, they have storyline editors who write the outline of where the stories will go, pen an occasional great line or lines for characters to say to advance key plot points or just provide great copy for the marketing (and get dozens of takes if necessary for the stars to deliver the lines convincingly), and then edit the hundreds of hours of footage to pick the best scenes for the stories they want to tell.
It's not entirely fake depending on the show, but it's also foolish to assume that the footage you see in any of the home-based reality shows is an actual reflection of how those people live. They're playing the drama version of Duggar life that producers have decided people will tune in to watch.
Well well, Josh is back in the news, Ashley Madison.
We'll finally get to see some blanket training at it finest.
Is it just me or are the couples very similar? Face, skin tone, frown lines, empty and vacant stares..? Is it the inbreeding or the water over there?