Also from BBC, what in taxpayer’s funded hell is going on with that trainwreck called “Hotter than my daughter”?! Hosted by media personality extraordinaire, Liz McClamon, of Atomic Kitten fame, this extravaganza of stereotypes is described as
Liz McClarnon visits the home of a mother and daughter, where the daughter is embarrassed by the way her mother dresses and acts and the mother thinks their daughter should dress more their age. McClarnon talks to the mother and daughter separately and asks them how they feel about each others looks and asks the mother if she feels she is hotter than her daughter. A lifesize fold-out picture of the two is shown to 5 Members of the ‘Great British public’, called ‘Joe Jury’ who consider whether the mother, daughter, or both of them should have a makeover, and the guilty party/ies are given a style overhaul by the Hotter Than My Daughter style team.
Here is the thing, in the episode I was unfortunate enough to see last night, both mothers depicted were extremely positive about their daughters appearance. Also, all women involved were unconventional in their looks. The end result is that all personality quirks and peculiarities from these women were removed to present stereotypical versions of what both “mothers” and “daughters” should look like. While the host talks down on the “mothers” and patronizes them for being inappropriate for their age.
To hell with that nonsense. How is a publicly funded TV show allowed to do this, more suitable for the most rancid of tabloid aesthetics? I don’t have answers but the show made me wish that the women involved were simultaneously childless and orphans. Or, you know, just free to look as they wished without the obnoxious policing.
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