kage69
Lifer
- Jul 17, 2003
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Except the funny part is the show has moved away from that quite a bit. Sure, it has always been fake, but now it is annoyingly fake. The first seasons had them hunting regularly and quite a bit of shooting. Now? Goofing around the warehouse and silly family scenarios.
The show jumped the shark. The article says the ratings were already in decline before Phil's comments. My guess about his comments? The show's attempt to grab ratings on the angry white Christian demographic.
I agree. People wanted to cash in on a Chik Fil A scenario while they could. Make the show a representation of 'god fearing murica' and then tap into that victim complex. Religious conservatives will do the rest.
I gave the show a shot purely due to it's popularity, and like with pretty much everything 'reality' I was soundly disappointed. The self-righteous cultural/religious aspect of it lent a certain trashy, butt hurt quality to it that I can't fully describe. All I know is it sucked, but I can see why it's extremely popular with a certain crowd.