Gary, these shows have had as many as 400 volunteers per site. So, it is
mind bending, but they do usually complete the home in seven days. And I am
sure they use volunteers to escape labor laws and overtime. I rarely watch
the show for all the sugar coated tears in the teams eyes make it hard to
swallow.
Mag
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> [Original Message]
> From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 10/19/2006 5:48:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Extreme Home Makeover
>
> Gary, the points you made was what i expected the show
> to be, so i did not even bother to watch.
>
> --- Gary Peterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I watched part of this - but didn't see that he got
> > an augmentive
> > communications device - did ABC give him one? I
> > know the main
> > focus was on his mother and the Little League
> > baseball team, but I
> > did think they should have thought of enabling him
> > to communicate
> > his needs - after all, his mother isn't going to be
> > around forever,
> > ascruel as that sounds.
> >
> > Kat
> >
> >
> > Kat,
> >
> > The point you make here is by no means cruel. I
> > have lots of
> > reaction from watching this. This was my first time
> > watching the
> > show. Generally I stay away from all these reality
> > shows just
> > because they all want us to believe they can take a
> > sad or
> > unfortunate situation and make it all better in an
> > hours time. I
> > think we all no, it just ain't so. The only reason
> > I watched it
> > was because of Anthony's recommendation.
> >
> > Now I'm far from even half way knowledgeable when
> > it comes to
> > building a house, but I have to think even with all
> > those
> > volunteers working together, it had to take a
> > minimum of 6 months
> > to do what all those people did. Speaking of time,
> > does anyone
> > here know how long the entire show took to finish?
> > I'm guessing
> > lots longer then ABC would like us to believe. And
> > let us not
> > forget the probably tons of material that didn't
> > make the final
> > cut.
> >
> > I give the show high praise because in the end, it
> > did what it set
> > out to do. I mean the family got their house and I
> > guess that was
> > the bottom line. What bothers me is how the show
> > chose to get
> > there. I will probably take a lot of heat for what
> > I'm about to
> > say here, but so be it.
> >
> > After watching the first 10 minutes or so, I felt as
> > if I were
> > watching something straight out of the Jerry Lewis
> > telethon. In
> > the beginning we get introduced to Aaron and his
> > family. Then the
> > host of the show spends waaay to much time telling
> > Mom how great
> > and wonderful she is because of all she does for
> > Aaron. As much as
> > they tried to show us that Aaron was just your
> > average 14 year old,
> > sadly I for one was left with just the opposite
> > feeling. I think
> > the message was very deliberately designed to say:
> > "here's this severely disabled kid, and we want to
> > keep pounding
> > that point into you are audience at home, so
> > whatever you do
> > don't change the channel, because by the end of our
> > show, are
> > friend Aaron and his Mom will magically be able to
> > sweep Aaron's
> > disability under the rug, and we can all go home and
> > live happily
> > ever after, and won't we from Extreme Makeover be
> > really cool."
> >
> > I also thought the show put to much emphasis on
> > Aaron and his Mom.
> > I wanted to know lots more about the relationship
> > between him and
> > the rest of his family. More interaction between
> > Aaron and his
> > brother and sister. For those of you who don't know
> > me, as well
> > has having C-P, I'm also totally blind. So before
> > watching the
> > show, I thought of having my Supported Living staff
> > watch the show
> > with me. But after having it on for the first 5
> > minutes, I decided
> > there was enough dialog and sound so I let myself
> > just imagine the
> > visuals on my own. So There's a chance there were
> > visual parts
> > that may have addressed some of my above concerns.
> >
> > This show might have had great potential. But with
> > the media's
> > across the board attitude towards disability, in my
> > view it fell
> > way short of the mark. Once again the media has
> > left those nice
> > average Americans who would rather take their queues
> > about what it
> > meansto be disabled from people like Jerry Lewis and
> > his kids with
> > a feeling of:
> > "Thank God!! Another problem wiped away in an hour,
> > and ain't we
> > glad when we go to bed at night that we ain't
> > disabled."
> >
> > Thanks to all for reading my rant.
> >
> > Gary
> >
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