Disney Sued Over Extreme Makeover

[Little Red Henski]

Makeover sued over Woman's Suicide. More trouble for ABC.

[danamichelle]

This is crazy. By reading the article, I don't think there is much of a suit. It seems to me like the person who brought this lawsuit against ABC is looking for money and looking to place blame on somebody.

[Isidour]

yeah, that girl never heard of forgive your sister?

She had to realize that as easy the things may come, the easy and fast they´ll be gone.

[Disney Guru]

OMG, that is crazy, retarded and stupid.

Thanks for the laugh

That woman seriously needs to have her head examined and than go see a good shrink. I think I'll suggest a few to her.

That case wouldn't hold up in any court of law, unless the judge was Barney Fife, and even he would probablly have the intelligence to throw the case out.

Thanks again for the laugh.

[TashieGirl]

My god, How stupid. It's not like Kellie was forced to say mean judgments towards her sister's apperance. She chose to. Probably so she could get more attention. Kellie is responsible for her own suicide. Not ABC.

As for Deleese, Isidour is right. She should've forgave her sister when she was still alive. None of this is ABC fault.

[lord-of-sith]

Geese, that's just pathetic. Obviously there were other factors here, it's just stupid to commit suicide at all, let alone such a thing as that.

[Sunset Girl]

Yikes.

Despite all the valuable lessons that television has taught us, the importance of beauty isn't one of them that should be taken so seriously.

I don't even know how to feel about this except that it's obviously not ABC's fault. The show held no obligations, and it's up to individuals to decide how they feel about themselves and their siblings.

Although I don't feel ABC is responsible, I do feel that the media really does overplay the importance of beauty; many people (especially young women) develop a rather distorted image of themselves. Not just television programs, but films, magazines, and especially commercials.

But driven to the point of suicide? No. There was already something wrong with her.

[Timon/Pumbaa fan]

Another stupid lawsuit where people just want money.


I've actually seen much worse lawsuits though, including some against Disney that were worse than this.

[Taleeya]

WHat a little Fraudtser, it doesn't sound like ABC has anything to do with the suicide. Did she write in her note: I am killing myself because my sister didn't get her makeover?

The only way I could see a suicide being blamed would be if the woman herself had done it because she hadn't gotten her makeover. And even then, people need to be able to deal with disappointment themselves, and not blame it on everyone else.

[2099net]

While I don't agree with this case, it does highlight, to me, a worrying trend in these so-called "reality" shows.

And that is that these shows feed upon peoples misery and humiliation. While you may not agree with the legal action above, it's simply not true to say that the sister wasn't forced to critisise her sister's apperance.

How do you know? How do you know how long that interview went on for? How do you know what questions she was asked? How do you know how skillfully it was edited together?

As a rule, there is no reality on tv, especially on reality tv shows. Didn't you see the news on the recent Writers Guild dispute about the payment and conditions for writers on reality shows?

I can't comment so much on US shows, but over here in the UK each year the shows get more and more confident in their manipulation, humilation and torture (yes, mental torture) of the sad-wannabe-famous "victims". From the fight in last year's UK Big Brother (which every single psychological advisor warned would happen, but was ignored - so why hire the advisors in the first place) to the trials in I'm a Celebrity... all we want to do is watch these shows to laugh, deride or pity those taking part and convince ourselves that we are somehow better than them.

The reality TV boom is just another example of how morally bankrupt our so-called civilised society is. Every year it becomes more and more like the games in ancient Rome. Throw a few poor sods to the lions to keep the population happy and docile. I hope this case, and another other future cases which are bound to occur, make the executives think twice about what they are doing in the name of "Entertainment".

Rant over.

[Lazario]

Even though I am no kind of reality show fanatic (yes there are people like that out there, perish the thought), when I hear people talk about reality shows getting more dangerous and harmful to the viewing public, I have to laugh. Reality TV is just showing us what we're really like... being videotaped.

It's not reality as it would happen if the cameras were invisible and the people being recorded were unaware they were there. If reality TV was so dangerous, it would be invading someone's privacy. The sad fact is, the people on these shows want to be where they are. That woman who killed herself was most likely thrilled (at least at the time) to be on that program. The people in this case are pretending that this girl didn't already have serious psychological issues before the camera crews / show's producers allegedly "victimized" her.

Even though what the show did was not exactly a good business practice, they cannot be held accountable. Reality TV would be obliterated if every show's crew had to conduct psychological profiles of every person they interview. People are basically holding this show responsible for their distaste over the low moral standards of reality TV as a genre.

Reality TV does need a facelift of it's own, but this show is simply not responsible for what this woman chose to do.

[Timon/Pumbaa fan]

As a rule, there is no reality on tv, especially on reality tv shows.

Dead on!!!

It seems really stupid how there are people who actually believe the stuff on these reality shows just happen but yet these people happen to have a camera to film it.

I mean these shows have got to have a scrpit! I mean there is no way any reality show(the ones I've seen anyway) could just happen without scripts!

Now about the case, I mean I understand he being upset not being on the show, but to say Disney/ABC is responsible for this suicide is ridiculous at all costs.