Wow. It only took two episodes and I'm already hate watching "I Am Cait," the former Bruce Jenner's "reality" show for the E! Network. Last night it was hard to decide who was more unlikable: Cait, with her "people get dependent and have no incentive to work" if the government's social safety net remains intact (STFU, you Republican moron), or her (fake and hired) friends, who want to rip her a new asshole for merely offering empathy to someone who talked about her days as a sex worker:
"Just because you read a few words about the subject in a book by Janet Mock does NOT make you an authority on the topic, Caitlyn."Huh? Now we don't want white people of privilege to educate themselves? Does she have to turn a trick on Santa Monica Boulevard to say anything about what some trans people are doing?
Again, the show is doing far more good than bad. But while episode one seemed to fly by, episode two -- with its manufactured bathing-suit drama (the first time we ever saw Caitlyn she was wearing a tiny corset on the cover of a famous magazine, so I have a really hard time believing going in a hot tub is an issue for her!), fake crush on Candis Cayne and bullshit road trip -- felt like a 10-part miniseries. The only moment that rang true at all was when Caitlyn talked about concerns about the pitch of her voice. The producers seem to have their hearts in the right place, but it sure would be nice if they could document more moments like the voice one and stop forcing so many fake ones. There are so many real issues to be dealt with here that it seems like such a waste and disservice to treat this as casually any other reality show, even within the limitations of the genre.
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Downloading both episodes, will watch them instantly. :)
Never really watched Kardashians so, I'm new to this & Bruce/Cait.
I do kind of wish we can overlay the "reality drama moment" foreboding bassline and a head-shaking, judge-y lineup of sassy-but-disappointed transwomen for this week's GOP "debate" each time a candidate trots out a rightwing cliche, like for when Cait did.
The worst thing to happen to television has to be "reality" shows. Oh wait, they are the second worst thing. Religious shows are the worst.
i imagine a small fraction of a percentage of the shows net profits are being donated to transgender charity organizations to help less fortunate transitioning adults, right? caitlyn being so courageous and all with her interviews, awards, and reality shows...
If Republicans are so worried about dependency on the government safety net, they could actually support making entry level jobs pay a livable wage and support the Equality Act to stop LGBT discrimination in the workplace.
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