After watching “Charm School” on VH1 at the urging of my 15 year old, I was dumb-founded. I did not realize these type of shows existed. They bring to my mind a type of minstrel show created to demean and humiliate those portrayed – except in 2007 we have somehow been convinced to portray ourselves in a negative light for all the world to see. What is wrong with this picture – oh lest I forget, the show is meant to “help” the wayward young female participants.
It seems to me that if Mo’nique were really sincere in helping the girls from Charm School, she would have done so without the cameras rolling. How can you help these girls by exposing their flaws to the world. It would seem that you would take them in and “love on them” (as Mo said) without the world watching and then when they have learned to control undesirable behaviors – develop a reality program to showcase the positive changes they’ve made. Although I thought Larissa’s behavior was completely “out of order” with the cursing of an elder I did agree with her when she said Mo was full of it.
Hopefully some of our black stars in Hollywood will take a note from CeCe Winans – Always Sisters Conference and really try to do something positive to help our young people….without the cameras rolling.
