Oprah's Big Give tonight!!

Is anyone else planning on watching this tonight? I don't know why I am so into it, but I think it's going to be great. I guess I am just like every other middle aged woman in America and will do as the Oprah tells me.

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Had Enough of Oprah?

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This review from USA Today sums up my feelings exactly about this show.

Good works clash with bad behavior, altruism shares space with publicity-masked-as-charity, all wrapped in the familiar reality-genre clichés. And at the stomach-churning center is that old American TV belief that every problem can be solved with a take-home prize, without any consideration for underlying difficulties.
USA Today

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Updated On: 3/3/08 at 07:58 AM

That USA Today article says it nicely. The Big Give raises people's problems to the level of game show. And what if the team fails to provide properly for the "poor person?" What happens then? More shame and humiliation and psychological scarring for someone who already has lost alot.

It's a bad gimmick. It's a nice thought for sure, but down on their luck or grieving folks should not be made fodder for the general public. It's a little exploitative.

It did make me cringe when they took a family who lost their father 6 weeks ago to Target for a toy shopping spree. I mean, sure kids love toys, but to me it sent the wrong message.

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Those who fluant their charity are more interested in themselves than in those in need.

I watched this for the first time tonight. Two thoughts:

1. It's easy to give away SOMEONE ELSE'S money. (Note to Cameron: you're a dot-com millionaire; give away some of your own money.)

2. Only pretty people are charitable. Well, at least that's what this show makes you believe. Not an unattractive person among the contestants.

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IF I did watch it, it would be only for a regular view of Nate Berkus! What a cutie! I heard an interview with him the other day on Sirious OutQ, and he almost made me want to watch it. But I too am over the whole Oprah thing.