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TMC · 05-07-2015, 02:52 AM

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/...ticle24259861/

The kind of "freak show" programming that TLC is moving away from actually has an upside, says John Doyle. "What is sneered at as 'freak show' programs is often a rare elucidation of the underbelly of American society – the poor, the uneducated, the misguided; the fringe-dwellers who do not aspire to be bourgeois," he says. These kinds of people don't usually appear on mainstream TV.

veggie-tari-jenn · 05-07-2015, 11:04 PM

Thanx for sharing the article.....and I think I may be the only one but I luv what is being called freak tv.....I liked honey boo boo and many shows like that and continue to do so....

05-07-2015, 02:52 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,449	In defense of "freak show" TV http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/...ticle24259861/ The kind of "freak show" programming that TLC is moving away from actually has an upside, says John Doyle. "What is sneered at as 'freak show' programs is often a rare elucidation of the underbelly of American society – the poor, the uneducated, the misguided; the fringe-dwellers who do not aspire to be bourgeois," he says. These kinds of people don't usually appear on mainstream TV.

05-07-2015, 11:04 PM	#2
veggie-tari-jenn SARCASTIC COUPON PRINCESS!! Eternal Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 13, 2008 Posts: 1,882	Thanx for sharing the article.....and I think I may be the only one but I luv what is being called freak tv.....I liked honey boo boo and many shows like that and continue to do so....