Comments on: In Defense of Honey Boo Boo http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2012/09/in-defense-of-honey-boo-boo/ Girl in a Party Hat Mon, 02 May 2022 06:16:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Noan http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2012/09/in-defense-of-honey-boo-boo/comment-page-1/#comment-12160 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 15:22:29 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=4360#comment-12160 Never seen Honey Boo Boo so the salient part of this post for me was the fact that you quit eating candy corn. I’m appalled.

]]> By: hollie http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2012/09/in-defense-of-honey-boo-boo/comment-page-1/#comment-12111 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:09:55 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=4360#comment-12111 Amy, i stumbled upon your great 2008 piece on “This American Life” and then found your blog. :-) Just wanted to say your daughters are beautiful!

]]> By: Amysilverman http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2012/09/in-defense-of-honey-boo-boo/comment-page-1/#comment-12105 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:28:27 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=4360#comment-12105 heather — i totally agree with you, i think the editors/producers should be ashamed of themselves, they took every cheap shot in the book…. the kind of editing i do is different, of course (words, not TV) but it’s so clear they were holding the camera on these folks extra-long, hoping for burps and farts and worse. now, they got them, and i have a feeling the family thinks the whole thing is funny — at least i hope so — but really, it is gratutious and sad. that said, i will admit that it was while shrieking with laughter at that kind of thing that i realized that what i love about the show isn’t that crap — it’s the love the family has. corny as it sounds!

]]> By: Kris http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2012/09/in-defense-of-honey-boo-boo/comment-page-1/#comment-12104 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:48:43 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=4360#comment-12104 I was sooo relieved to read this post! I thought I was the only one who felt the same way about Honey Boo Boo. I see the family the way you do….flawed, but loving and supportive of each other. Mama cracks me up, and I enjoy watching their self proclaimed ‘redneck’ antics. They are definitely “real” and I’ll take that over Kardashian “fake” any day!

]]> By: Melissa http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2012/09/in-defense-of-honey-boo-boo/comment-page-1/#comment-12102 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:23:06 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=4360#comment-12102 I LOVE this post and couldn’t agree more with your sentiments! I too watched in horror and then was won over by the family’s love for each other. A while back, Kris Kardashian (she’s the mom, right?!) came out and said what wretched family the “Honey Boo Boo’s” are. Shameful, right?! So I was immediately won over by the fact his reality show “mom” felt so threatened by such a tight-knit, albeit uncouth family. That’s why I’ll keep watching! :)

]]> By: Gindy51 http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2012/09/in-defense-of-honey-boo-boo/comment-page-1/#comment-12101 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:26:50 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=4360#comment-12101 They have nothing on my family from So Cal. We used to have water balloon fights with condoms in the house. Hoses were also in the mix and the place got totally soaked but my parents never knew a thing. Amazing how dry stuff can be when you turn the heat up to about 100.

]]> By: heather http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2012/09/in-defense-of-honey-boo-boo/comment-page-1/#comment-12097 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:13:18 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=4360#comment-12097 i watched one episode after you mentioned it on facebook…I can see how it can suck viewers in. Kudos to you for seeing the good in the family, because I am pretty sure that was not the message TLC intended!

I found it cringe worthy because I felt in a way it was taking advantage of people that I am just not sure really realize how they are being portrayed to the American public.

]]> By: Karie http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2012/09/in-defense-of-honey-boo-boo/comment-page-1/#comment-12096 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:08:22 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=4360#comment-12096 Let me know when you have a marathon…;-)

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