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Date: | Mon, 2 Apr 2001 10:40:45 -0300 |
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Hi,
I didn't see the show, but here's Warner Brother's web site where you can write to communicate your displeasure if
that's your inclination. Heck, inundate them with mail.
http://www.warnerbros.com/pages/oblongs/home.jsp
Cheers!
Carla
http://www.brunnet.net/terrier
Robert Mauro wrote:
> Did any of u see this dumb show, THE OBLONGS? The main character is Bob, who
> has no arms or legs. The kids are Siamese twins, a mentally disabled kid,
> and a little girl with a penis growing out of her head. And then there's the
> alcoholic wife. The show is on WB network. it's rated MA. But it's on
> early and kids will watch it. Why any adult with a brain would, I'm not
> sure. But this show is one big negative cliche about disability. Every
> negative stereotype is in it. Just wanted to know what you all think.
>
> All I can say is that as I read the book FREAK SHOW and how the disabled were
> exploited during the heydays of sideshows and freak shows, I'm beginning to
> think those days have returned. We are being shown to kids not as people but
> as freaks by THE OBLONGS.
>
> Again, what do u think?
>
> Bob Mauro - [log in to unmask]
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