Fox is promoting a new reality show entitled More to Love. The hook for the show is most woman in the United States are a size 14/16 while most reality show contestants are a size 2. The show has twenty, "real" sized woman competing for a man ala the Bachelor format.
I have a few issues with the marketing of this show. While most woman in the U.S. might be a size 14, there is also a huge issue with obesity-- a fact that shouldn't be glorified.
While I understand the premise of the show is to love people for the inside and not what they look like: the opposite of showing beautiful, petite woman shouldn't be showing beautiful chubby woman. They should have a format with a show that gives a wide variety of girls: tall girls, short girls, skinny girls, "normal" girls-- maybe even a few ugly ones! That would be the true test of loving someone for what they have to offer.
My other issue with the show is the chosen bachelor. He's kind of dumpy himself. Is the message only chubby men can learn to look past weight and see inner beauty? I think they should have casted the regular, svelte hottie with an 8 pack to boot!
Not that I'd be watching it either way.
2 comments:
"That would be the true test of loving someone for what they have to offer."
Kate, you forgot to take into account that people on reality shows have nothing to offer to another human being or society in general.
Yeah I was kind of thinking of that as well.
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