With the writer's strike over, we're finally gone get some real TV back, right? Wrong. We're gonna have to wait until next fall. Meanwhile, the major networks will drown us in bad reality TV. When will it end? We don't need reality TV anymore, that's what YouTube is for.
Last night, Oprah's own reality show of sorts, The Big Give, debuted on ABC. The premise of the show is simple. Contestants compete to see who can give the most to those in need. The weakest giver each week gets eliminated with the last person remaining at the end of the show winning a million smackeroos.
The Good: People in need are actually getting helped in the show and their stories are touching.
The Bad: Isn't the whole point for the show to be a charity thing? Why give the winner a money prize? The contestants signed on thinking they're doing a charity thing. Why reward them? Isn't charity supposed to be self-rewarding? I hope the winner gives their prize money away.
The Ugly: Why does it feel like the show is only making Oprah richer? Cause it is. The show only makes her look like some kind of god and in worship, people will spend more money buying her books and magazines. I'm not convinced that she really is that selfless. I wouldn't be surprised if she like many other gajillionares gives to charity and then uses it as a tax write-off.
Monday, March 3, 2008
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I don't see how deducting your charitable contributions makes your donations any less valuable. I certainly didn't give millions of bucks last year, but I gave a couple hundred or so, and if deducting that stuff keeps the government from getting ~$60 of my money, I'm on that like white chicks on Matthew McConaughey's dong.
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