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My Big Fat Revenge (2013)
great show if you enjoy feeling uncomfortable
This show is the definition of a douche chill manifested in a half hour time slot. It's painful to get through an episode. I suppose the concept seemed good when whomever pays for this got the proposal: Overweight people who've been bullied in the past work to get fit and go back to the person that hurt them to exact revenge by being "fabulous" or whatever. The fact is that watching someone hyper-focus on how someone else made them feel bad and then obsess over how to make their bully feel some sort of forced remorse is just awkward. It used to be fun on programs like Maury when the dumpy kid comes out and greets their bully all hot and fit, but that lasts about 5 minutes to the oohs and ahhs of live audience just seems like good fun. Stretching that concept out to fill a half hour makes the person seeking "revenge" just seem obsessive and pretty darned crazy. You can't force someone to feel bad for being a jerk AND if you're insane enough to take that person on a national television program in hopes of doing so- well in this case I almost have to side with the bullies. There is something definitely wrong with you and it sure as hell isn't your love-handles. I wouldn't waste my time with this show. Maybe the producers will get the clue and cancel it.
Small Town Security (2012)
this show is not for the xenophobic but awesome
I didn't think I'd like this show. Saw it first on "The Soup" and it was just disgusting albeit a little hilarious. Whatever. Not a second thought... Fast forward a couple of months and I happen to run across it while channel surfing. I watched and I was hooked. This is a reality show but not like ones I've seen before. The music, the little animated vignettes, the absolute frankness and unashamed sincerity with which the folks in this little office present themselves is just endearing.
The creators of this show did a great job taking some eccentric characters and presenting them in a really loving and sympathetic light. It's like you can tell the crew probably really likes these guys too. As I said, this show isn't for the xenophobic... the employees of JJK Security have colorful and varied personalities and speak their minds freely. Where many reality shows seem at least partially scripted, it appears this group is just unique enough to never run out material own their own.
Part of last season's story line revolved around Cpt. Starr's transition from female to male after living as a man for many years. Where the producers could have chosen to take such an unusual story and make it a sideshow, they instead broached the subject with sensitivity and compassion. The season 2 finale is a real tear-jerker.
The folks at JJK Security are obviously pretty good people and having a show like this is a great and unusual departure from the scripted "reality" crap that one often finds. It's really entertaining and a diamond in the rough. I hope they get picked up for another season! Thanks AMC!