Need Love? Be a Total Witch!
Wed, 09/02/2009 - 17:50 — Lew Harris
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On "More to Love," just being overweight -- or overweight and crazy -- isn't enough.
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I get the intended message of “More to Love.” Really, I do. Love comes in all shapes and sizes, and if you’re overweight you deserve love, too.
But the “real” message that seems to be coming through -- loud and clear -- is that if you are confident, you’ll get the guy in the end.
Wait, scratch that and replace “confident” with “total witch.”
I’ve said from the start that these girls’ main problem is not their weight but their lack of self-esteem. And week after week we’ve viewed their whining as a (sometimes tiresome) source of entertainment.
Two girls have stood out all along for not being victims of their weight -- buxom waitress Malissa and tomboyish model Anna. While Anna has been nothing but nice, cheering all the other girls on, Malissa has literally laughed at their (multiple) meltdowns. Still, Luke has professed his attraction to both of them week after week.
But since Luke sent Anna packing last night, it has become fairly obvious that he will choose Malissa in the end. This irks me for so many reasons.
I don’t know if it’s the editing or what, but every time we see this girl, she’s saying something tacky or smiling at other people’s misfortunes. Yes, she’s pretty, but she’s clearly also read “Why Men Marry Bitches.”
Is this really the message that the producers want to send out? “Crazy and fat is bad but bitchy and fat is good?”
It seemed that Luke almost got a glimpse of Malissa’s inner workings last night when her sisters surprised her on their date. Tough cookie Kat (haven’t I seen her on “Intervention”?) interrogated him, while threateningly displaying her terrifying purple talons. (Seriously, those things should be registered.)
It was hard to say whether or not Malissa was horrified by her sister taking the day off from the trailer to come and visit, but what was obvious was her anger when Kat outed her aversion to children.
I’ve just gotta let go, I guess. I wouldn’t wish Luke on Anna anyway, nor would I wish him on gorgeous Tali. (Thank goodness he seems scared to death of her “different” Israeli culture!)
Now crazy Mandy ... that I wouldn’t mind seeing. But that’s just wishful thinking.
He and Malissa are going to make a great pair, and that says a lot about both of them.
"19?! KIDS AND COUNTING"
As a footnote, why does the Duggars’ latest pregnancy warrant an appearance on the “Today” show? Just because you can have 19 kids doesn’t mean that you should.
It seems a bit irresponsible to me. How do they even afford to keep all their girls in perms and long denim skirts anyway?
No one can deny that in the world of reality TV, huge families are the new “social experiment” ("Jon & Kate," "Table for 12"). But this ain’t “The Real World: Multiples,” people. While some of these families excel at raising soccer teams full of children (at least for a while), they are the exception.
We should not be encouraging this.
TLC does not agree. The fact that they even have the gall to produce and air new episodes of “Jon and Kate” at all makes me wonder about the ethics of this network.
Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Duggars got more money for making more children.
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sometimes i think that i
sometimes i think that i want to become witch! so i can use my witch powers to have a LOVE! but its not good. doing bad things and forcing someone to love you is a SIN from GOD!
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I am so digusted with the
I am so digusted with the caddiness of Malissa....and the fact that her sister revealed she only gained weight over the last year!! So thats probably why she finds pleasure in the other girls insecurities....Anna is a class act and deserves the best. Luke is NOT the best and can take the trash that is Malissa or Mandy. I bet he isn't even a real succesful business man in real estate. More to Love has now become More to Bitch or in Mandy's case, More to Crazy!
I agree, I love Anna. She
I agree, I love Anna. She was by far the best on the whole show. Hey, what's up with the abbreviated column? I need far more reality watch than I am getting this week. I hope this means it was a slow week for television and not the intended future format for my favorite blogger next to Perez.
I always assumed the Duggar
I always assumed the Duggar girls perms were natural, therefore free. I just don't believe someone would pay for that hairdo.
Luke obviously wants a woman
Luke obviously wants a woman who has nothing else going for her and will make him the center of her world...like Malissa. Anna and Tali were the only ones I thought had anything going for them. Malissa is pretty, but that's about it. She just wants to find a husband to get her out of being a waitress. Luke is her golden ticket...later she'll bring up that she doesn't actually want to have kids. Anna was too good for him, and he knew it. He wanted to meet bigger girls so he wouldn't have to feel intimidated or bad about himself. He wanted to feel like the stud, and with Anna he still felt inadequate.