More to Love?

Have you heard about this new FOX reality show?

Here's what FOX is saying...

Average Joes and Janes will get to pursue their shot at love with the launch of the new dating-competition series developed by FOX called “More to Love.”
The show has been billed as a dating show “for the rest of us,” and will feature overweight contestants.
FOX will be teaming up with producer Mike Fleiss (known for his work on "The Bachelor"). The show will feature a group of women competing for the love of one man, whom producers describe as a Kevin James-type (James was the star of “The King of Queens.”)
"For six years it's been skinny-minis and good-looking bachelors, and that's not what the dating world looks like," Fox president of alternative Mike Darnell said. "Why don't real women — the women who watch these shows, for the most part — have a chance to find love too?"
Darnell says the producers were inspired by the success of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” which he says shattered the industry assumption that viewers are only interested in highly attractive people.


Well, it had to happen friends! Average Joes and Janes--who evidently have weight problems--have now been deemed worthy of a dating show. Is it good? Is it bad? Oh, who the hell knows. I have to wonder what they consider to be overweight? I guess I'll have to tune in and find out...
But, there's a few things that bother me. First of all...did you notice that they consider all "normal looking" or average Janes and Joes to be overweight? That's what they say...read it again if you don't believe me. This leads me to ask if the only way to be above average in looks is to be thin? Or, more interestingly---they equate attractiveness to weight and then they put it back on what the real world looks like. Which, if you think about it puts everything back on to weight. Is this the message they are promoting? And, if so--what is it saying to everyone out in the world?
Okay, okay, I know, my rationale seems pretty convoluted here. The problem that I'm having is that this has touched something so deep in my soul that I'm really having a rough time even figuring out myself as to exactly why I'm so horrified by it.
So, to be more precise--let me say this--reality TV has just went too far. Putting the whole notion of gee you are average looking and overweight to boot so let's get you together with others of your same quality doesn't feel good to me. Perhaps it shouldn't feel good. Maybe that's not what this is all about. But, I'm guessing that they somehow want to promote the feel food quotient by luring viewers into applauding the fact that two average overweight people have found each other---awwwwww. Because God knows they couldn't find someone on their own....because after all, they are overweight! Am I the only one who knows it feels uncomfortable from a philosophical standpoint but can't quite put my finger on what is so uncomfortable....but I just know it is?

And, there's something I'm so curious about---I'd love to hear the conversation that took place between the two developers/producers when they came up with the show-- Hey let's try to get a few fatties together....

Or, am I just looking at this all wrong? Maybe I just need to chill....