Because of this.
I mean, honestly, I think this is a pretty terrible idea that could be incredibly subversive entertainment. I don't think anything on a network could actually *be* subversive; I think the typical TV tropes would be all that came into play from the casting to the story arcs. But really, this could have been a show where all the nasty passive aggressive White people who have bought thier way out of diversity are now confronted with the very world they are so quick to run away from. This could have been a show where the despised outcasts become the sympathetic heroes.
But it had to be about deciding which housefull of oddballs was, in ranking order, least to most able to get along with the intolerant honkies in pleated khakis and Hawaiian shirts (for men). And that makes it pretty uncool. Also it makes whoever "wins" look bad because ... and here's where I'm going to get inarticulate about it ... they are suddenly "the whitest" of the bunch. And they "fit in" the best with a community that is happy with them (and just this representative family of "thems") living on their block. By staying in that racist-homophobe-intolerance-surrounded Texas home, they function less as bringers of a new perspective than as the most symbolic enforcers of the old world view — they adapt to being like honkies; the honkies don't really ever adapt to being like them.
Summer programming stinks. Well, except "Reno 911."
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Wow! What a rivioting read. Life is definitely stranger than fiction. I'm putting my money on Callie getting a novel out of this. No need for the nightly sit com. Just tune in and read on about the dynamic duo, Callie and the codger. You have to love it. Ray in definitely bound to be on the mend soon with such attentive kids. Callie rocks and Doug is just the rock. It feels good to be closer to the daily developments. Thanks for the update. It's more than I ever hoped to know. ---Sandy
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