Lifetime Is On My Shitlist Now

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Normally, I love Lifetime. I've posted on this blog numerous times about the channel's ability to deliver "so bad it's good" television, from Tori Spelling "films" to reruns of Reba

But now they have dared to come out with some "original programming," never a good idea for a basic cable channel (unless you're AMC's "Mad Men"). Lifetime is busy pitching a show called Drop Dead Diva which is set to premiere on July 12.

Here's the premise. A pretty, thin girl and a fat girl die at the same time. Then the pretty, thin girl has to redeem herself by having her brain put inside the fat girl's body and living life that way. As a fat girl!

The pretty, thin girl's body is buried. What happens to the fat girl's brain is beyond me because it is gone, only to be replaced by the pretty, thin girl who is shocked to discover that it's a tough world out there for a fat girl.

Gee, do you think after several scenes shot through a Vaseline-smeared lens that Pretty Thin Girl Trapped in the Body of Fat Girl will discover that it's what's on the inside that counts? I am willing to say right here and now in this public forum that if that lesson is not learned by the third episode of Drop Dead Diva I will personally eat my hat. I don't own a hat, actually, but honestly, if that lesson is not learned by the main character by the third episode, I will go purchase a hat, and I will eat it.

What would the male version of this story be? I'm thinking something called Drop Dead Dick in which a guy with a big dick dies and is reborn into the body of a guy with a tiny dick, only to discover that it's quality not quantity that counts. Of course that storyline is ridiculous because we all know size does actually count in real life (sorry boys). 

But beyond that, a show about male appearance would never be created because men are not really judged on appearance in the same way that women are. Sad, cold fact of life. If they wrote this show about guys, it would probably be a rich guy reborn into the body of a poor guy. Still a stupid fucking plot, but not as degrading.

I would expect the kind of flimsy storyline of Drop Dead Diva from, say, ABC Family Channel. But Lifetime? My solid lady channel? Now that's just sad and wrong. Unless they make a corresponding show about dicks to even things out, I'm thinking about boycotting.

Comments (15)

Chuck says:

I guess the word SHITlist is generally accepted in the English language now, so I will just pass that by. The show's theme, Fat Girls have a hard time, is not going to be funny, but rather pathetic. FAT GIRLS: shut you ugly mouth, get off the twinkies and ding dongs, stop stuffing you face, and please stay indoors so we do not have to observe your visual polution. America's fat women are the joke of Europe. Land of the free and the PIGGY!

Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 9 2009 @ 9:15AM
Bronco says:

Size does matter???? you better believe it. Who would want to wallow in all that blubber on a fat butt woman? If you are a hog, just go on a diet. Stop kidding yourself, you have no medical disorder, you just have no will power and no self respect. Whine, cry, tell yourself you are happy to be a porker. But the truth is, you just need to stop stuffing.

Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 9 2009 @ 9:20AM
Hurricane Ike says:

Size? You bet it counts. With my short dick I could not get past all that fat and blubber on your thighs and butt to get it in. How about dropping 40 pounds and give me a break? Hey, and please, take a few extra moments, try to reach around that huge butt and try to get there with the toilet paper.

Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 9 2009 @ 9:26AM
Neil says:

As far as Lifetime is concerned, being a
straight man I have very little interest
in watching anything they broadcast to
begin with.

For the most part, fat people (both
men and women) have the option to make
lifestyle changes (i.e. exercise, proper
eating) and subsequently become thin people.

However, this option is frequently
not taken in favor of the easier path
involving whining and complaint
about the social stigma that accompanies
obesity and scream bloody murder when they
are not instantly embraced by the world.

If your ass is too large to fit in a
single seat on an airplane, don't whine
when you have to pay for two seats.

Life is harsh, get used to it.

Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 9 2009 @ 10:22AM
Anonymous says:

Gosh, you gotta love Texas men...so sweet and sensitive. Plus, when they look in the mirror they see 10's instead of the 2's THEY really are!!!!

Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 9 2009 @ 1:05PM
BadPixie says:

Wow, the losers are out in force today. Anon made a great point--so many guys out there are in complete denial when they look in the mirror, LOL!

Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 9 2009 @ 1:57PM
greg says:

and here I am under the impression that texas had on obesity problem

Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 9 2009 @ 1:59PM
carla says:

Texas has an UGLY men problem!!!!

Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 9 2009 @ 2:51PM
Jeff says:

This is a really bad message to convey to women out there who already have major self image issues. I dated a girl with a serious eating disorder who was convinced she was "fat" due to the fact that she wasn't a waif super model. She wasn't even CLOSE to being fat.

TV, magazines and other media that tell these kinds of stories are very harmful to a society like ours which is so heavily based on self image.

Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 9 2009 @ 3:06PM
Evan says:

I propose that the term "Fatty Fatty Boomballatty" be added to the list of unacceptable hate-speech.

Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 9 2009 @ 3:21PM
John says:

Actually, I would like to see this show on AMC, because their writers would find a way to not be so horribly cliche. Like, the fat girl with the skinny girl's brain finds a nice black guy to date by episode 2 so she's happy as a clam, but meanwhile the skinny girl with the fat girl's brain is sobbing after she realizes she can't go to parties by herself because someone always slips her rohypnol. Originality is all I really ask for.

Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 9 2009 @ 4:02PM
Hellinahandbasket says:

I'll bet the combined weight of "Anonymous". "Bad Pixie", and "Carla" would closely resemble a zip code. Sour grapes make for the sweetest whine, girls?

Posted On: Friday, Jul. 10 2009 @ 11:33AM
R says:

You are severely mistaken and probably overlooked several points in the heat of the moment:

"But beyond that, a show about male appearance would never be created because men are not really judged on appearance in the same way that women are. "

Please take the time and go to Southbeach, JR's, Guava Lamp, or anywhere else in the Gayborhood and your eyes will open up to see that the previous statement is so far from the truth. In fact in many ways it's EASIER for a big woman than a slightly larger Gay male because even the fat Gays want skinny little 18 year-olds!

Men ARE harshly judged in that community! Even in friendships, go take a gander at the "Strictly Plantonic" M4M section, they even put size and attractivness requirement for FRIENDS. I mean, c'mon. Just do a bit of research.

Posted On: Friday, Jul. 10 2009 @ 3:53PM
Anonymous says:

Women love good-looking men!! The problem is....there are not that many of them, especially in Texas. Women have hair and makeup which make them look tons better than they actually do. Men like to believe that women don't go for looks, because it makes them feel better!!!

Posted On: Friday, Jul. 10 2009 @ 4:03PM
Floy Worbington says:

Flying a plane has constantly been a dream of mine, enjoyed reading your website.

Posted On: Saturday, Mar. 6 2010 @ 5:07PM

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