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?
>
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