LOL, I think you ladies voiced my issues with the show better than I did. I did not like the idea, but I could not put my finger on why. I think it is the segregation of skinny vs. fat that bothers me. Not sure why this is ok. All the dating shows I have seen are not segregated as far as race or background, why is weight an acceptable means of categorizing people. Personally, I think labels are for cans!
[COLOR="BlueI am going to watch out of curiousity. It will be interesting to see how they do this show. I agree that it should be a mix of figure types...that's the way real life is. But we shall see how they make this play out.
Edited to add: I'm totally not above watching it though and growling at the screen!
heh heh, I have to put myself in that boat.
"In a weird sense, I think chubby guys and girls may actually be the least exploitive of any mix. " Kaplods
thinking about it, I agree. Since it isn't real life, it's a show, produced for entertainment. and most of the reality shows are exploitive and make fun of the people.
I don't know, maybe it will raise some awareness, or have some positive messages about body acceptance, that would be nice to see. actually, kind of nice to see larger women on tv portrayed in a positive way (if that's what happens). The statistics say so many people are larger now, but that's rarely reflected in most media.
sometimes it feels like larger people are like the Who's in Horton Hear's a Who: We are here, we are here, we are here!
Considering I don't watch tv hardly at all, probably not, but if I did, I probably wouldn't mind. Although tv networks produce show with ratings in mind and not socially conscious messages, I don't think a plus size dating show would be too bad. Maybe viewers will get a hint that heavy women actually can and do have intelligence and personalities, despite what the majority of people currently seem to believe.
I think it's a little bit questionable, for the reasons described above. And let's face it, they're going to make EVERYTHING about size, because that's the big selling point, instead of highlighting the normal dating-show-drama that happens.
But my very first thought when I saw the commercial was "OMG, Joel McHale is going to have a FIELD DAY with this one!" My husband had the same exact thought - his first words were "sometimes I think they invent these things specifically for The Soup."
i think it's ridiculous. why does it have to be a large waisted guy? it's sending the message that no skinny guys want a plus size woman.
Hmm, well as a plus-sized woman I've always been more comfortable with plus-sized men. I dated a guy for four years who was super skinny and I loved him at the time, but I always felt like I was huge when I was with him! That's just my perspective though.
I'll give this show a try, but honestly I don't know how long I can stand it. I liked the Bachelor in the beginning, but it's gone downhill, and this show is by the same people.
Mayness, that's so true! I guess if I do stop watching it I can count on the Soup covering the highlights for me!
I was kind of looking forward to "Dance Your *** off," but as I see more clips, I'm thinking why does ANYONE, but especially men and women with more than 100 lbs to lose, need to dance in glittery spandex hotpants?
I'll probably at least watch the first episode, though I agree with everyone that it shouldn't always be heavy guys looking for heavy girls. There's PLENTY of skinny guys that like their women with some meat on their bones.
What I do like is that at least some of the shows nowadays are at least "starting" to acknowledge that the whole world isn't full of perfect bodied supermodels (Dance your *** off, America's Next Top Model adding plus sized models etc) It's a small step, but it's a step in the right direction I suppose. You can be other than a size zero and still be sexy.
I think our whole society's view on anyone a bit "fluffy" is totally screwed, and while obesity obviously should not be encouraged, I think the time of super skinny skin and bones models being the ideal should be adjusted to start showing real women with real bodies being more of the norm.
back in anciet times, voluptous women were the supermodels of their time (just look at all the paintings, sculptures etc) so if we could adjust our thinking to more believable proportions being what we consider "sexy" I think it might relieve a lot of pressure. I know for years I had the mentality of "well there's no way my body will ever be that thin, so why even try"
Hollywood has the power to help alter these perceptions, lets hope they approach it in the right manner.
I was kind of looking forward to "Dance Your *** off," but as I see more clips, I'm thinking why does ANYONE, but especially men and women with more than 100 lbs to lose, need to dance in glittery spandex hotpants?
I also have mixed feelings about this show. I don't see why both sexes have to be big? I've been fat all my life, and never once ended up with a big man. So, skinny men DO like big women. And vice versa.
I am certainly with all of you. Why can't they just have a mixed weight bachelor type show? I don't even really like these shows at all, but let a man make up his mind about the type of women he likes. I think all these shows are rigged/staged anyway.
I think the truth is that cultural stereoypes are that thin men attracted to fat women are fat fetishists, and maybe a little crazy ("chubby chasers," is not generally a flattering term), and that thin women attracted to fat men are either doing because they were able to "look past" the fat to the person inside (aren't they wonderful) - or because they have low self-esteem, and don't think they can get someone "better."
I think that by the women and men both being of larger size, they're actually skirting some of the stereotypes. We're unfortuately a largely superficial society, and if fat, dorky man rejects skinny, hot babe - a lot of people will get disgusted with fat, dorky man. On the other hand, if he rejects fat, dorky woman in favor of skinny, hot babe a lot of people will get disgusted with fat, dorky man.
I've seen it over and over with friends who I would expect to know better. They'll see an attractve person with a very unattractive person and say in disgust "Ugh, what does he/she see in him/her."
I just don't see the "best in people" coming out in a show that is too mixed (and it's going to be ugly anyway). It's a pretty safe bet, that at least one woman is going to use the "f" word (fat) as a way to insult another woman on the show (even if there's little or no weight difference). I think a show with mixed weights, would just be meaner, and nastier.
Besides, I'm betting that the show is going to show much, much more range in shape and size than the typical shows, just because of the way we define fat. There's a much broader range of sizes among "fat" people than thin people. Heck for a woman fat can be anything from 160 lbs to 1000 lbs.
