Extreme Makeover Home Edition Disasters
Written by admin on August 4, 2008Welcome back!
The hit ABC show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” always rubbed me the wrong way. It seemed slightly absurd to tear down some poor people’s home and then build them a McMansion.
Well, it turns out that it was actually a bad idea.
Several people who were blessed to be visited by the show are having their sad realities continuing to plague them into their new lives.
One couple that had a massive house built is now having it foreclosed. Apparently, after their mortgage was paid off bye the show and they had a brand new valuable house, they decided to take out a mortgage and start a business; which quickly failed. They are now going through foreclosure.
In another instance, the family could no longer afford to maintain the massive horse complex that the show left them and were forced to beg to the community for donations again.
“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” exists to sell Sear Appliances and other sponsor’s crap. The show paints a picture of insane wealth that all Americans should aspire to, even if they don’t need it and can’t afford it. This show is everything that is wrong with America. All it does is perpetuate consumerism, which is destroying our society.
You can’t give a hand up to poor people who have no idea how to handle money and then give them a giant house without teaching them how to manage money and take care of a house that large. It’s asking for disaster. It makes for great TV drama, but it doesn’t make for such good real life drama.
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November 26th, 2008 at 11:44 am
I believe that the show’s true intention is to truly help those who are in need. There are always two sides to coin. I am sure that there are cases of people and families who have had their lives altered for the better by the show. For those whose lives have been changed dramatically and then have had to deal with unfortunate circumstances after the show should not blame the show for causing this facade or unimaginable wealth. Not being able to deal or manage previous financial hardships will of course carry-on to the newly found lifestyles. So, I believe that it’s not fair to blame the show supposedly perpetuating America’s consumerism nature. I am sure they definitely aim to show the better side of human nature. It’s nice and heart-warming to see this type of “drama” compared to the usual violence and sad news stories that we regularly hear and see on TV on the daily.
February 11th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
It’s hard to believe they actually put those houses up as quick as they do on that show. Why can’t all contractors put up houses that quick?