A few weeks ago, I sheepishly admitted that I watch the TLC reality show Breaking Amish and I basically ripped the show apart.
Breaking Amish: More Like Already Broken
Well Sunday night's finale (conclusion) further proved what an idiot I was to stick with this show. I knew all the accusations and internet rumors, but still found it entertaining.
After watching the finale, which was done in a reunion type forum, made me truly dislike most of the cast. Except for maybe Kate, who I once called the resident loon, surprisingly came off as the most grounded and genuine. And I guess you could throw Sabrina in there too, cause she didn't annoy me either...well not as much anyway!
The same can't be said for Jeremiah, Abe, and Rebecca. The latter two were downright nasty to the host, who I thought did a great job asking the questions most of the viewers wanted answers to.
For instance, she relentlessly badgered Abe about whether or not he was the father of Rebecca's baby. Well, Abe did himself no favors by not giving the host a straight response. Instead he was ignorant, rude, and came up with the ruse of wanting to protect Rebecca's baby (never once saying 'our' baby). But I think he protested a bit too much. And the two of them, talking about the infamous Facebook picture of them holding Rebecca's baby, stating that the photo meant nothing and that they lived in the same Amish community. They were acquaintances, nothing more.
Okay I can buy that, to a point. Because in the first episode they both admitted they KIND OF knew each other but barely. Hinting they weren't friends and yet there they were in a dated 2010 photo, looking quite cozy. It's like just fess up already. The reunion show gave them ample opportunity to admit the truth but I think their truth and the 'real' truth are two very different things.
Jeremiah admitted that he had left the Amish community on several occasions but always went back. He also admitted to having three kids. They live in Ohio, he doesn't. So he doesn't get to see them very much. As far as his ex-wife's allegations of domestic abuse, Jeremiah admitted to spending three days in jail for something he denies doing. But his case was apparently thrown out. He was also a one-time dead beat dad, not paying child support. But now, he claims he has been paying.
Sabrina fessed up to her marriage and gave her ex-husband props for being a great guy. They just had different life paths that contributed to their getting divorced. Kate talked about her DUI and how she's doing everything to comply with the terms of her punishment. All she wants now, is to put it all behind her and move on with her modeling career.
I'm guilty of watching and sadly even DVRing this show. But I wasn't the only one, cause apparently the ratings for it were quite impressive.
I could kick myself for even bothering. Cause at this point, I don't care if they are still Amish, were ever Amish, or plan to become Amish. I will no longer waste my time finding out.
- Heather
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Breaking Amish...More Like Already Broken
Anyone watch this so-called reality show Breaking Amish?
It's on Sunday nights at 10 PM on TLC (The Learning Channel). And the premise is simple enough. Five young men and women, who happened to be Amish and Mennonite, leave their respective, isolated worlds and head to New York City.
I am in no way an expert of the Amish community and won't claim to be. But I had heard about how young Amish folk can choose to leave for a year and try living life in the (real) English world (as they call it). So the show peeked my interest.
Now I am not naive when it comes to reality television. I know more often than not, the shows are scripted. BUT I honestly had a good feeling about this one.
Well color me surprised, its fake and not just a little bit either! My sister is the one who clued me in. She had Googled it and found tons of information on it's abundance of fakery. So of course, I had to Google it myself.
And what I found was: DUI arrests, divorces, domestic abuse, etc. Which last time I checked none of those were very Amish-like.
Breaking Amish Fake - Dailymail.co.uk
Breaking Amish Fake - Starcasm.net
Breaking Amish Fake - HuffingtonPost.com
Breaking Amish Fake - TheExaminer.com
Breaking Amish the Expose - Facebook.com
These people, who supposedly have been sheltered from the English world their entire lives, swear like truck drivers and toss around pop-culture terms too easily for me to believe they just acquired this way of life.
Kate, the resident loon of the show, is an aspiring model. But she already had modeling photos of herself, up on the internet prior to filming. Ummm...Amish have access to the internet??? Jeremiah, is the resident doofus. Who allegedly beat his ex-wife and neglected his three kids. In one episode he got a tattoo on his upper arm, with three names of his favorite people. We never saw the actual names, but later deduced they were his children's names, you know the ones he never talks about and never even uttered that they existed. Way to treat your fave people there Jeremiah. And then there's Sabrina, the lone Mennonite and pot stirrer who has issues with Kate and has a thing for Jeremiah. According to numerous reports, Sabrina is married. But she hasn't once mentioned that little tidbit on the show.
Abe and Rebecca portray the show's star crossed lovers who 'knew' each other in the Amish world but NEVER dated and hardly spoke. Well according to Starcasm.net, not only do they know each other, they already have a baby together. The kicker on the show, Abe was so shy and coy with Rebecca when he asked her out on a date. A date??? I think they are already passed that point, don't you agree? TLC duped the viewers into thinking that Abe and Rebecca just met and fell madly in love in New York. What a crock!
And I'm not picking on Abe and Rebecca but their alleged deer in headlight reactions have become quite laughable. One of the best examples of this is when they went out for Mexican food. They 'innocently' ended up at a Chinese restaurant, where they ordered and ate CHINESE food, but didn't figure out that it wasn't Mexican until the end of the meal. Even better was the impressive use of chopsticks. Rebecca expertly handled them as if she had eaten Chinese take-out many times before, and yet she had NO clue that what they were eating wasn't burritos or tacos. I have been eating Chinese food my entire life and I still can't master chopsticks. While these two Amish kids have it down pat.
TLC wants us to believe these five people are legit. But with SO many reports disputing it, it's hard to take this show for anything other than pure entertainment. And its not even good entertainment. So why do I still watch this drivel?
I keep asking myself that question.
Oh wait, probably so I can bitch about it on this blog. Yeah that's my answer.
- Heather
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It's on Sunday nights at 10 PM on TLC (The Learning Channel). And the premise is simple enough. Five young men and women, who happened to be Amish and Mennonite, leave their respective, isolated worlds and head to New York City.
I am in no way an expert of the Amish community and won't claim to be. But I had heard about how young Amish folk can choose to leave for a year and try living life in the (real) English world (as they call it). So the show peeked my interest.
Now I am not naive when it comes to reality television. I know more often than not, the shows are scripted. BUT I honestly had a good feeling about this one.
Well color me surprised, its fake and not just a little bit either! My sister is the one who clued me in. She had Googled it and found tons of information on it's abundance of fakery. So of course, I had to Google it myself.
And what I found was: DUI arrests, divorces, domestic abuse, etc. Which last time I checked none of those were very Amish-like.
Breaking Amish Fake - Dailymail.co.uk
Breaking Amish Fake - Starcasm.net
Breaking Amish Fake - HuffingtonPost.com
Breaking Amish Fake - TheExaminer.com
Breaking Amish the Expose - Facebook.com
These people, who supposedly have been sheltered from the English world their entire lives, swear like truck drivers and toss around pop-culture terms too easily for me to believe they just acquired this way of life.
Kate, the resident loon of the show, is an aspiring model. But she already had modeling photos of herself, up on the internet prior to filming. Ummm...Amish have access to the internet??? Jeremiah, is the resident doofus. Who allegedly beat his ex-wife and neglected his three kids. In one episode he got a tattoo on his upper arm, with three names of his favorite people. We never saw the actual names, but later deduced they were his children's names, you know the ones he never talks about and never even uttered that they existed. Way to treat your fave people there Jeremiah. And then there's Sabrina, the lone Mennonite and pot stirrer who has issues with Kate and has a thing for Jeremiah. According to numerous reports, Sabrina is married. But she hasn't once mentioned that little tidbit on the show.
Abe and Rebecca portray the show's star crossed lovers who 'knew' each other in the Amish world but NEVER dated and hardly spoke. Well according to Starcasm.net, not only do they know each other, they already have a baby together. The kicker on the show, Abe was so shy and coy with Rebecca when he asked her out on a date. A date??? I think they are already passed that point, don't you agree? TLC duped the viewers into thinking that Abe and Rebecca just met and fell madly in love in New York. What a crock!
And I'm not picking on Abe and Rebecca but their alleged deer in headlight reactions have become quite laughable. One of the best examples of this is when they went out for Mexican food. They 'innocently' ended up at a Chinese restaurant, where they ordered and ate CHINESE food, but didn't figure out that it wasn't Mexican until the end of the meal. Even better was the impressive use of chopsticks. Rebecca expertly handled them as if she had eaten Chinese take-out many times before, and yet she had NO clue that what they were eating wasn't burritos or tacos. I have been eating Chinese food my entire life and I still can't master chopsticks. While these two Amish kids have it down pat.
TLC wants us to believe these five people are legit. But with SO many reports disputing it, it's hard to take this show for anything other than pure entertainment. And its not even good entertainment. So why do I still watch this drivel?
I keep asking myself that question.
Oh wait, probably so I can bitch about it on this blog. Yeah that's my answer.
- Heather
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