I know you're hurtin'...

I just watched the first episode of the Biggest Loser. I kept having to check that it was actually the first episode because they rushed through it so much that at times I thought they were recapping last week's episode. Really strange. We didn't see them train at all, or meet the trainers at all, and then bang! there's a weigh-in and someone's eliminated. SLOW DOWN SHOW! So today I checked the forums and discovered why. I'm sure it made news back home, but one of the contestants was done for possessing child pornography a couple of weeks ago. So they have had to go back and totally edit out this guy and his wife from the first episode. It must have been panic stations down at channel 10. Luckily, this guy and his wife get eliminated in the second week, so hopefully it will return to normal soon. I wish they had explained it first though.
Can I just say that apart from being fat, these contestants have one thing in common. White. When I was watching the clips of them leaving their homes to go to TBL camp, it was the same scene over and over again. A bunch of fat white people standing outside a recently built suburban home waving goodbye to two really fat white people. As I watched them I thought, "That could be Bayswater", "That could be Wantirna." "Hey, that's Glen Waverly." My god. I'm no PC freak, but how about a little multi-culturalism?
On the positive side, it's fun to hear the 'ol rising octave at the end of every sentence common to Australian women. I did a google search and it's called Uptalk. "I really don't like myself? I have to do this for me? I want to do this for my kids?"
Highlight* Two fat women sitting on the couch. One says of the other, "I'm worried that Caitlin is eating herself to death?" (uptalk). You know Caitlin is thinking, "don't worry about me, bitch. Have a look at your-self." Another highlight, the snarky Principle and emergency teacher. Polite and rude at the same time. "We have a boss-employee relationship, so..." Well, you are both employees, really. You don't own the school. "I always have my hand in the biscuit jar." pause. To her partner - "So do you."
Shannon. 215 kg. WTF. I couldn't believe he had collapsed and was crying before walking even 500 metres!
The first episodes of TBL are great, because they give you the opportunity to really fucking blast people who are fat, stupid, and lazy, and make you feel a little better about yourself. But the awesome thing about TBL is that it turns this on it's head, and the ones who really want to change work so hard that they actually become sources of inspiration. Awww.
So a weird first episode of TBL, but at least there was a reason for it. I guess they just want to get the first couple of weeks out and done, and then hopefully they'll calm down a little and spend a little more time establishing how shit and lazy and pathetic and disgusting these people are, so they can inspire us all the more. Awww.