I had the pleasure of watching Oprah’s Big Give yesterday and I am convinced that it is a reality show for people who are condescending assholes. No really, that is how I felt watching it. I felt like they were saying to me, that I was not a good person for not wanting to even be on their lame reality show and “do good things.” That I was a bad person for sitting on my couch watching their show, instead of being out there helping people.
I just do not understand the context of the show … why are those people on the show? Is it because they want to show us they are better than us, because they are willing to sacrifice their time just to make the world a better place? Do people like this actually exist? Is Oprah laundering money? I will not even get into the socio-economic background of the contestants, because you know they are all upper-middle class or rich. Only people with a very nice income have the luxury of being on a reality show for unselfish reasons, like money.
I do find it pretty funny that’s Oprah’s favourite and non-threatening homosexual is the host of the show. I expected Nate Berkus to start decorating at any moment. I don’t understand why middle-class white women like him so much … he’s weird. He never shows any emotion and, I’m sorry but BEIGE is not a revolutionary interior design concept. Or “let’s put some twigs on the coffee table” to spruce things up. And be sure to use twigs from your backyard, which are covered in bugs and dog poop.
I think I laughed the loudest when the judges were introduced, people who are “big givers”. They have two people I have never heard of and Jamie Oliver …. the cooking show dude. The whole show I was waiting for Gayle to pop-out of somewhere, but I guess they are saving her for the finale to make it super special. I did like the shopping sprees in Target and the Grocery store. It was hilarious how all the people in the Grocery store in the “bad neighborhood” didn’t want to believe that someone was offering to buy their groceries.
At the end, two contestants got voted out by the judges for not giving away enough money in creative ways. Or something. Someone cried because they got lost and only gave away $20,000. Only one guy could get rid of $100,000 dollars in time and was able to smugly smile at us and the other contestants.
You know, I love Oprah, but I haven’t been all that interested in this show… your commentary was hilarious
I can’t watch any of this “reality.” It’s just not MY reality that I probably object to. When Oprah gave cars to all of her audience a few years ago, and 99% of her audience was white upper-middle class women who’s kids were probably unloaded on nannies for the afternoon, I started to see the hipocrisy: Oprah wants to be white. The stylists and lighting make her look like a beautiful white woman. I’m sure the producers pick people out of the crowd to be the demographic she wants to be part of. And the thing about her head on Ann Margarets body years ago? She wants to be Swedish?
And what’s up with going to Africa to build schools? How about helping black people (oops, sorry — “African Americans”
in New Orleans or wherever here in the USA? Lot’s of disadvantaged here if you haven’t noticed. And you know, they’re the people who buy the products from the companies that sponsor your stupid show and make you fucking rich. People in Uganda aren’t out buying Ensure shakes or Jif peanut butter or Always panty liners. I’m surprised she doesn’t have that freak fashion expert Cojo, or Cujo on “Big Give” too. Not on thread, I just don’t like him/her.