This is a terrible show. If I had to quickly sum it up, I would call it a piece of preachy, badly acted, horribly written, frustratingly unrealistic crap.
But, I have watched a full season of it. I scream and kick myself for it, but I watch episode after episode. I think it is partly because I'm a masochist- I actually want to see exactly how horrendous this show can get. I want to tear my eyes out and my ears hurt from all the conservative babbling that goes on each episode. But I keep going. It is reliable in that way, just like you can rely on a shark to eat you up alive if you are stranded on the ocean.
One things that frustrates me is the blatantly conservative message the show creator is shoving down our throats. SEX IS BAD. EVERYTIME YOU HAVE SEX, SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN.
Seriously, a girl has sex and her dad dies the same day. She then proceeds to berate herself for being such a cold hearted killer. My vagina killed my father! Of course, everyone on the show says she is a fool for thinking that. But she refuses to believe them and says " I know I killed him. He told me not to have sex and I did. He died because I had INCREDIBLE SEX!". I honestly feel that the actress who had to deliver these lines deserves an Oscar for not quitting on the spot after reading the script. She delivered them without cringing, displaying enormous self restraint and control over her gag reflex. Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating. She probably only deserves an Emmy.
Every episode of this hideous show contains the word sex repeated at least 30 times. Below are some examples of the subtle and layered dialogue spoken on the show:
"I don't think we should have SEX. We're not ready because we aren't MARRIED."- The Christians
"I LOVE SEX. I am going to have SEX with my boyfriend right now!"- The 'slut'
"All I can think about is SEX. I want to have sex NOWWWW!"- Every guy on the show
"You aren't having sex, you whore!"- Every father on the show to their daughters.
The creator and writers might as well hit us in the head with a mallet with the word SEX printed on it. It would be much less painful and more fun.
Another thing that has me banging my head on my wall for relief after watching the show are the characters. Namely the main character- Amy Jeurgens. First of all, what a stupid name. Secondly, I think she is the most possibly the most annoying teenage character in the history of television. She is a shrew. That is the perfect way to describe her.
First of all, she gets knocked up. And blames it all on the guy- what a scumbag, how dare he have consensual sex with her? She yells at everyone in her family and her dutiful boyfriend who has stuck around with her, despite her carrying the spawn of another man's seed. She yells at him for being jealous of the father. She forces him to take her on a holiday, fully expecting him to pay for her and her baby. When he hesitates she yells. She then announces that she doesn't care whether he takes her, just as long as she gets to go. What a keeper!
I want to punch her in the face everytime she speaks. She compelled me to google 'Amy Jeurgens bitch' on google- I will never forgive the show for making me sink so low. And now I've posted an entire blog on it!
I will continue to watch the show. I have figured out why. Firstly, I get some good jaw dropping action from watching. Secondly, I am holding out for the day when Amy gets bitch slapped in the face by her spineless boyfriend. Or maybe she can get hit by a bus.
Rant over. God this was annoying to write, but I had to get it off my chest. I just want to quickly quote Ben Folds who sums up Amy Jeurgens bitchface succintly in Rocking the Suburbs:
Ya'll don't know what it's like
being male, middle class and white
It gets me real pissed off and it makes me wanna say
FUUUUUUUCK
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