So today I'm going to digress from the film and movie review template I set up for myself and talk about another hot button issue in today's media...the octomom and all those other families that seem to inundate the television of TLC.
The world was shocked, okay maybe slowly rocked, when the woman, now known as the octomom, Nadya Suleman, reported that, like the mothers of mulitples before he,r will begin to film for a show featuring her and her small flock of children. Now she will be able to reap the hundreds of thousands of dollars in publicity and truck loads of free stuff. She'll probably even get free houses. TLC is mostly fueled by abnormally large families, and their family friendly adventures. I for one never frequent these shows…of course by never I mean, usually not everyday…or for more than a couple hours.
The Duggers, from the show 18 and Counting have 18 children and though Mrs. Dugger pushed out 18, there doesn’t seem to be anything stopping her from popping out a few dozen more. When will this woman realize she isn’t a dog, and children shouldn’t be had in litters? There is almost something Mother Goose about it (The old woman who lived in the shoe, for those who aren’t keeping up). The mother with Octomom also has a total of 14 other children from fertility treatments. Pretty soon she’ll have just as many kids as Mrs. Dugger. To add another little detail into the mix, the Duggars are a super conservative and religious family. If God met for a woman (namely Ms. Suleman, all the dugger children are well...bow chicka wow wow) to have millions of children at one time, it would be happening without the help of said treatments.
It says a lot about America, we have huge value meals, huge bodies, and ultimately the supersized family. In such hard economical times maybe it’s better to produce a whole brood so as soon as they are of age they can be sent off to work. That age of course being six. I would clock it sooner, but they should at least be able to reach the top of the table first. Working someplace where only little hands can fit. What about the ones that can’t work or can’t be supported on the incomes of two working adults and their herd of children? They can be sold. What is the going price for a child these days? Don’t forget all the money that could be put back into the economy thanks to diapers and those cute, ridiculously loud and annoying baby toys. Economic problems solved. Thanks to overly fertile married couples and fertility clinics.
I love children. Their cute little snotty noses, and grimy germ infected hands make me want to emulate Mrs. Dugger and the mother of the octoplets. I look forward to the day when a small school bus becomes the primary transportation for my family, and when I can no longer count the amount of children I have on one hand, and am forced to call them by a number, (Hey 10, stop kicking 12). However, I can’t help but think…my uterus is not a clown car.
[CENTER]Movies and films shape our human experience. Many people can mark events in their lives totally based on a movie they saw and enjoyed, or hey, even saw and hated. For example, the first oceanliner of movie rated PG-13 I ever saw was Titanic, and I was 12. I saw that box-office hit 3 times and it still goes on, and on, and on, in my heart, awww right? Anyway, for as long as I can remember I've loved movies, and hope that maybe I might have something insightful to say about them.
Jess Paine
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