The 'relatable' 'Bama Belles' heads to TLC. But do we want to see relatable TV?

Just want to say, that my comments have proven accurate in that TLC has decided to cancel the Bama Belles atrocity. In fact they just yanked it from the playlist after the second episode. Appearantly, people were very upset about the way it depicted the south.

My initial reaction to the advertisements, without even seeing a preview was “Oh Lord, I can only imagine the havoc that will come of this”. In seeing the previews, I was even more fearful because the clips were just littered with scenes of cow-kissing and lawnmower racing, and an argument about missing teeth! I wasn’t enraged, but I was disappointed. In actually watching the show, I saw that the entire thing wasn’t composed of these events, they were just mixed in with a more realistic depiction of the lives of THESE women in particular. It seems TLC did try to get a diverse crowd of women, but their efforts were in vain. Jana is the only person on the show I enjoy seeing, but I can’t bring myself to understand why they would have a transplant from North Dakota and a visiting yankee thrown in the show. As for Melissa, it is my belief that their lifestyle is highly uncommon for the area. Does it make them interesting to watch? Sure.. for a few minutes. Amie is a show within her own, and seems to be pulling the strings for the entire show, conducting where the girls will meet and what activities they’ll be doing. I have no doubt she flagged down TLC and orchestrated the whole thing. Is her business savvy refreshing to see? Sure, but in my opinion she is tootin’ her horn a little too much. Half of the show is focused on who she is and what she’s doing, and I have to wonder why her husband is so deep in the shadows.
I expected much more, much better for this show, but I’m not upset. As for all the feedback about a misrepresentation of the south, you have to understand that in order to get a fair representation, you would have to pull women from every lifestyle known to the state, and there are MANY, every race and occupation, and film within each of these environments. This, I can assure you, is never going to happen, and if it does it won’t be a reality show, it will be a documentary. I hope something like this happens, because if it were properly executed I’d support it fully. I’d love for the rest of the country to understand what life is really like in the rural areas of the south, just like I’d like to see a depiction of their lives that isn’t a magnification on an ignorant group of guidos! This would be an admirable project for TLC.

So what if someone types there are instead of they’re? The point is, we’re talking about a show here.. let everyone see that Alabama isn’t bare-foot and pregnant women! These women have jobs, nice houses, and families to take care of! I think it’s great that the show was airing.. I miss it already and want it back. I like the fact that they had Val in it from NYC. Just let it roll! I saw nothing wrong with how Dothan was portrayed . . . it was nothing about the city or anything in it! Just the women and their families!
By the way, I am from Huntsville, not originally, but for 10 years. I love it here! Everyone deserves to see that Alabama is beautiful and the southern hospitality is what everyone always talks about: wonderful! AND you can not find any better women than in ALABAMA! that would not give you the shirt off their back and cook you a good hot meal when you’re hungry!

I’m glad they made the show. I haven’t seen it yet but I’ve seen the commercial. Everyone thinks people from the south are dumb and ignrant and it’s not true. I’m from Alabama, myself. The gulf shores area. It’s about damn time someone down here got their own reality show! I’m happy for those people and I hope they keep running their show!