With two small kids in the house, the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon are on the tv fairly often (probably far too often but we're working on it). And I am forced to sit through some of the shows, the most annoying of which I exercise my parental authority and ban outright. But the thing that gets me is the marketing to kids.
There's a music CD that gets sold to kids called KidzBop which is children resinging popular songs. Which isn't so bad although some of the songs are rather adult in nature and its odd, to say the least, seeing a 12 year old girl singing about love and heartache.
But the creepy part is, in the commercial, when they show a 12ish year old vamping and shaking her non-existent boobs like a big girl. I get what they are trying to do and all but the advertisers are feeding inappropriate imagery to kids and giving pedophiles wank fodder.
But then, maybe I just read too much into everything. But I've got to do something with my mind while the (mostly) drivel is on.
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2.27.2009
3.07.2007
I Feel Pithy, Oh So Pithy
Has anyone out there watched The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency "reality" show on Oxygen? You know, the one with the ex-model with the awful and badly enhanced lips and a potty mouth?
She was probably once pretty gorgeous but those days ended at least a decade ago and now she's trying to buy (via plastic surgery) some fraction of what looks she once had. She also reminds me of my old boss, an attractive lady who's looks are fading and her mean streak just gets wider and wider until it absorbs her whole personality.
Anyone, there was an episode where her little agency landed an international contract and the guy came in and said that she had a reputation as a bitch, which she is. She asked him to rephrase his statement and he basically said "No". So she goes back to her team of pretty boy models and proceeds to insult the hell out of the guy. F-bombs, s-bombs, you name it and she spewed it.
Only problem is that she was within microphone range of the cameras and he caught wind of it, confronted her and then fired her, her agency and all her models in front of them.
That made me smile. She's a mean, vengeful, vindictive bitch who looks in her mirror and sees a goddess diva and behaves as such. People like that piss the hell out of me. Nice to see her get a little public come-uppance.
Also, The Bad Girls Club, the "reality" show about bad girls (translation: mostly just mean bitch girls) forced to live together, the show would improve substantially by getting rid of Aimee "The Schnoze". Another diva-wannabe with a huge chip on her shoulder, probably because she's far and away the least attractive one on the show. But the rest of the girls on the show are pretty damned fine. I liked it when the girl got really drunk and then started assaulting the others, that was good television.
I know, I know, I shouldn't watch a crap channel like Oxygen but its right next to FSN and Spike so I pass by it all the time and sometimes get sucked in.
She was probably once pretty gorgeous but those days ended at least a decade ago and now she's trying to buy (via plastic surgery) some fraction of what looks she once had. She also reminds me of my old boss, an attractive lady who's looks are fading and her mean streak just gets wider and wider until it absorbs her whole personality.
Anyone, there was an episode where her little agency landed an international contract and the guy came in and said that she had a reputation as a bitch, which she is. She asked him to rephrase his statement and he basically said "No". So she goes back to her team of pretty boy models and proceeds to insult the hell out of the guy. F-bombs, s-bombs, you name it and she spewed it.
Only problem is that she was within microphone range of the cameras and he caught wind of it, confronted her and then fired her, her agency and all her models in front of them.
That made me smile. She's a mean, vengeful, vindictive bitch who looks in her mirror and sees a goddess diva and behaves as such. People like that piss the hell out of me. Nice to see her get a little public come-uppance.
Also, The Bad Girls Club, the "reality" show about bad girls (translation: mostly just mean bitch girls) forced to live together, the show would improve substantially by getting rid of Aimee "The Schnoze". Another diva-wannabe with a huge chip on her shoulder, probably because she's far and away the least attractive one on the show. But the rest of the girls on the show are pretty damned fine. I liked it when the girl got really drunk and then started assaulting the others, that was good television.
I know, I know, I shouldn't watch a crap channel like Oxygen but its right next to FSN and Spike so I pass by it all the time and sometimes get sucked in.
2.08.2007
Survivor Fiji Starts Tonight!
From what the reviewers have written, there won't be a huge number of people watching the premiere of Survivor: Fiji on CBS tomorrow evening.
But I will be and my wife will be. We like the show, we like the false "reality" of it, we like the challenges, we like the game. Last season was very entertaining and I hope this new mix of castaways will prove as entertaining too.
But I will be and my wife will be. We like the show, we like the false "reality" of it, we like the challenges, we like the game. Last season was very entertaining and I hope this new mix of castaways will prove as entertaining too.
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