For One Anti-Gay Woman, 30 Days Is Not Time Enough

[WillParkinson]

We’ve seen it a dozen times before on scripted television: an intolerant conservative, often a devout Christian, expresses anti-gay views at the beginning of the episode, but then encounters an actual gay person or couple, only to rethink their homophobic attitudes by the end of the show. Whether it’s recently on Grey’s Anatomy or years ago on Touched By An Angel, the cold, anti-gay heart always melts in the warm, friendly glow of an interaction with an actual, humanizing gay person.

But (mild spoiler alert) that’s not what happens on Tuesday night's episode of the FX reality series 30 Days. And, paradoxically, this “unresolved” ending makes for absolutely riveting television.




http://www.afterelton.com/TV/2008/6/30days

[bbernardini]

1. Once again, I wish stupidity and ignorance was physically painful. nt

[unpossibles]

3. it is

to everyone around them.

[wtmusic]

2. Ooh, riveting.

Some people choose to remain assholes. Waste of time.

[waiting for hope]

4. I watched last night's 30 Days

and it was a good one, a Hunter from North Carolina spent 30 days with a Vegan, Activist family out in California. It was heart warming to see the transformation in his viewpoint - at the end, he still was going to eat meat but he had a change of heart on how animals were treated. I got from the spoiler though that the upcoming episode was not going to end well - bigotry is alive and well. :mad:

[Siyahamba]

5. They filmed part of this episode at my church

I'm looking forward to watching it.

[GOPNotForMe]

6. Religion is poison for the mind.

If this woman weren't infected with religion, which makes it okay not to think, then she might have actually learned something from this experience.

I mean no offense to people who are religious and, well, NORMAL, but I am not a fan.