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muriel_volestrangler

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16. I expect TLC would say "it's her piglet; it appears in the show"

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #14)

Mon May 27, 2013, 08:35 AM

May 2013

but I can see that the metaphor may well be what they were aiming for.

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Don't be closed minded... They can both be terrible people... Pelican May 2013 #26

exactly, skip the humanity and focus on the stereotypes JCMach1 May 2013 #27

It's not really about a cute little pageant contestant. Gormy Cuss May 2013 #2

The author has a very valid point Hekate May 2013 #4

the author trades on those stereotypes BainsBane May 2013 #5

Project much? MattSh May 2013 #6

Do you know that's the case? BainsBane May 2013 #7

Sigh. From the tlc website. Berlum May 2013 #8

Wait, it's an actual pig? Lunacee_2013 May 2013 #9

It's a pig that the girl owns muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #12

Given that we're both here in the UK dipsydoodle May 2013 #19

In the UK, no, I wouldn't have known muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #23

Yes, and the pet pig crapped on the kitchen table. WorseBeforeBetter May 2013 #38

"sigh" BainsBane May 2013 #32

As far as basic fact-checking and not knowing the facts before you righteously accuse, yes, it is Hissyspit May 2013 #33

righteously? BainsBane May 2013 #39

The specific billboard ad for the UK launch: muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #10

Why, then, does the billboard show a real piglet? Cirque du So-What May 2013 #14

I expect TLC would say "it's her piglet; it appears in the show" muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #16

You got it-- not very subtle, eh? TreasonousBastard May 2013 #18

More like a metaphor for the whole show Gormy Cuss May 2013 #34

no. the girl has a pig, and she put a tiara on it. the *advertisers* may be using it HiPointDem May 2013 #37

Poor whites are everybody's favorite target; they deserve it, doncha know? Eleanors38 May 2013 #11

I've read that Cirque du So-What May 2013 #15

Yeah, you need a groundswell to deter crap stereotypes, it seems. Eleanors38 May 2013 #17

And as you mentioned earlier Cirque du So-What May 2013 #21

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Add to the list Cirque du So-What May 2013 #25

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Andy Griffith, I'll take. Hillbillies: Bleet. Eleanors38 May 2013 #42

ok, well at least we agree on andy arely staircase May 2013 #43

Good stories, great cast. Eleanors38 May 2013 #44

"Class Dismissed - How TV Frames the Working Class" is a great documentary about this topic arcane1 May 2013 #28

Yes, I've seen it too Cirque du So-What May 2013 #29

Thanks for the info, I just watched it BuelahWitch May 2013 #35

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