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Originally Posted by Zee
Haven't seen any of it but I find the whole culture of taking advantage of disadvantaged people for television to be morally bankrupt - another example being The Undateables. Nice idea in theory to try and help people with disabilities and social problems to try and find someone to be with; but it just comes across as mocking them and making light of their problems - I mean the title "The Undateables" is horribly offensive for starters.
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I agree, I think many people that watch it, watch it for its "Freak Show" value. There's a lot of this voyeuristic mentality prevalent now, depends how clever they are in justifying / marketing it unfortunately.