Biggest Loser Desecrates The Nation's Capital: A Photo Essay
White House Vegetable Garden Pillage
The BL contestants roamed the First Family's White House garden, where they excitedly whispered: ''No wonder the President and his family look so fabulous, they're eating fresh fruit!'' Bob got in on the action, asking about Sasha and Malia's eating habits before gushing, "'They're got their own garden that they eat from, and that makes me love them so much. I want to grab them and squeeze them." Afterward, the contestants filed into the White House kitchen, where they prepared a White House salad with the help of the president's personal chefs. Both delicious and affordable, everyone exclaimed.
Lincoln Memorial Weigh-In
After Ali Sweeney made a brilliant comparison between the inspiration drawn from the Great Emancipator and each Biggest Loser contestant, the cast took turns on the comically oversized scale. Danny lost a mind blowing 12 pounds this week, all as Lincoln watched on.
No one wants to prevent America from reaching its target weight. But was it necessary for television's most exploitive weight-loss show to claim each D.C. landmark with the show's flag-sized fluorescent t-shirts in its war against obesity and Extra Gum rival brands?
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Quit your belly-aching and be proud of this show and what it does. Unlike most reality TV, where Americans are inspired to be conniving, underhanded, and materialistic, this show is an inspiration to be better than you are. It's a wake up call and literally, it has saved lives. I applaud this show for taking its issues and causes to D.C. and you should be abashed for throwing such negative light on it. If President Obama had a problem with the contestants in the White House, he would have said no.
Clearly I was in the kitchen making a club sandwich when that firefighter got underneath my fiancé, Bob. It took a while to open that second jar of mayo, I've got to start working out.
And if that Lincoln statue isn't thinspiration, I don't know what is.
Biggest Loser is just one long commercial, with the trainers and the contestants pushing one "healthy" item after another. It's a reality show like any other reality show. The game playing is happening right from the start. Yes, people lose weight and a few change their lives, but let's not make it out to be something it's not. Just the fact that they make the male contestants take off their shirts for the ridiculously over-dramatic weigh-ins for the viewers at home to have to look at, or show people puking in the gym, should tell you that this show is all about advertising and the gross-out factor.
Let me guess----Julie Miller is a Democrat
Slow news day??
It's the one tv show that shows Americans as they really are: fat. Real Americans who need to lose weight & doing it... correctly. Sometimes they really succeed & sometimes they don't. It's pretty realistic & honest.
So, how can something so representative of our nation be so offensive to you?
I mean, really... what BETTER place to do it?
Everyone's so damned patriotic these days... everyone has a big opinion on every single thing going on, except at the ballot box, of course... so why not show real Americans losing real weight, eating real [healthy] food, in America's capitol? Isn't this exactly what Obama stands for? There's more media available to him than to any president before him. Not to mention that he published his own book & setting up his website, etc. BEFORE taking office, so he's obviously going to use the media even more now that he's in office. Get the message out by any means necessary, right? So, as far as I can tell, this is exactly what the President wants & he will of course support making this nation's citizens healthier.
I would certainly hope so anyway, since he IS an American citizen & he's supposed to want what's best for his fellow American citizens. He & his family are real people & are willing to give & share with other real people. Remember: Obama wasn't born with a silver spoon & neither was his wife. They have a much better grasp of what real life is about. Our nation's capitol is FOR the people of our nation.
And don't forget either that most Americans are actually pro-capitalism, so what's wrong with the show promoting its sponsors? Isn't that what every radio & tv show has done since their inception(s) over a century ago? We all hate ads, but how else are they supposed to pay their bills?
Nothing was desecrated in any way, shape or form.
And, frankly, the fact that you said it was, just by some regular old fat Americans being there, participating in a very American situation, is quite offensive, not to mention that it shows you don't have any grasp whatsoever on what is & isn't American.
Go find something real to whine & complain about. Or better yet, try, for just a minute, to find something GOOD to say!
I saw the headline and immediately thought "What the hell has Sarah Palin done to D.C. now?
I agree with Casandra above. I guess it's all in they way you look at things, some people can find the bad in everything. I don't think that way. I think the show does inspire a lot of people. Maybe if everyone focused on the positive and instead of the negative life would be much more pleasant.
I love the show and still thought it was pretty offensive and pointless. And I am usually a big fan of pointless, offensive things. I was okay with the talking to the senators about the obesity epidemic and eating in the White House kitchen and talking about the benefits of victory gardens and all that jazz. But using the Lincoln memorial as nothing but a dramatic backdrop for what truly is a two hour long commercial for Jenny-O turkey? That sucks.
Citizenship ain't what it used to be.
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