I think I need a category for stupid.
But I was fortunate enough to watch several consecutive episodes of TLC’s show, Here Comes Little Honey Boo Boo. If you are unfamiliar with it, it is a show following a 5 year old attempting to be a beauty queen. Because, there is nothing more precious than teaching a 5 year old how to strut her stuff on stage to receive judgment.
The family proudly proclaims the title of redneck and do so to the furtherest extent possible. They eat road kill. Crusty necks. A pregnant 17 year old. A mother and a 17 year old who doesn’t have the ability to speak about the female body without laughing and calling it hold good names. The girls all have different fathers.
It is setting back the recovery of the South by a century.
Even saw the racism. Oh? Missed that?
Watched the Christmas in July episode.
I will not watch it again, but everyone deserves to watch it at least once or twice.
I guess what gets me is the little girl. This little girl is going to face some serious heartache later in life.
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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I thought for sure that this was just going to be a post about some little kids’ cartoon show. Wow! What a surprise! I think I’ll waive my right “to watch it at least once or twice.”
Wise man…
I’ve been trying to remain completely ignorant of this show and now you go and inform me!
if I have to be cursed with it… so do you
We haven’t watched cable in years. Haven’t missed it. Now, you made mewant to spend $150 a month on cable JUST for this show! Curse you, Joel!
blah. We gave up cable as well. but here on vacation…
I always watch fine art when I’m on vacation