"Extreme Makeover": extremely picky
OK now look: there's a show that purports to "help" people who are in need, by "extremely making over" (is that English?) their house. But they are getting really picky about what constitutes a tragedy and what kind of problem your family is encountering:
(AP) If your family has multiple children with Down Syndrome, a parent with skin cancer or was robbed in a home invasion, ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" may be looking to build you a house.
Geez. I guess they only help those whose family story meets the "tragedy of the week" criteria. You'd think they'd evaluate each case on its merits.
Too boring, that.
mary
posted by mary at 8:06 AM
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A parent with skin cancer?
Or robbed?
They equate that with the challenges of raising a group of kids with Down's Syndrome?
Geeze....
I just find it so amusing that they are "making things up" then going to search for corresponding real-life stories. I can just see them sitting around in a morning planning session saying things like, "well, what about a one-legged single mom in a wheelchair who has a kid with leukemia?" "Oh, man, that's great! Let's find one!"
:-)
It just seems to me they would review each individual case that comes to their attention, rather than making a list and going out to find a family who "fits".
But I guess that's why I'm a nurse and not a TV producer.
grin
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