Would you watch?

Question

I just saw a news clip on a dating show in the Netherlands that deals with disabled people looking for love. Would you watch this show if it came to the U.S. or your country? Would you have a problem with this type of program? Being the sister of a disabled man I would not---I think that it is awesome. My brother leads a normal life--works, bought a house and married just like all my other siblings. I have some physically disabled friends who were lucky in love and others still in the search. One contestant on the show said that the people who have a problem with it are able-bodied people. It is a shame that able-bodied people feel that way since able-bodied people can find themselves disabled at any point in their lives and wouldn't they still want to love and be loved? One main reason people are against it is that they don't want it to become a "freak show." Do you believe it would? Would it be worse than watching Barbie and Ken Doll like people dating on a show?

Answer 1

Yes, I would watch as I used to work with the developmentally challenged for 7 years, and I think everyone is challenged in their own way, we're just a little lower on the scale, nobody is perfect! There needs to be more awareness and understanding towards challenged people . Good question!

Answer 2

I do believe it will become a "freak show", what I would like to see is disabled people in a able-bodied people show, to show that, as your brother do, they can live a normal life like every body else.
Making that show, is like saying, this people are really different, so they need their own show

Answer 3

I don't watch dating shows.

Answer 4

i wouldn't watch it not b/c they are disabled but b/c i think those types of show are boring-unless it involves flav