I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER
NOVEMBER 30 2011-MARCH 20 2012
Is there not enough hate in the world let alone right here in America? Television watchers are no different from the rest of the world, they are becoming bored with the direction the world is heading. So can a show titled "I hate my teenage Daughter" find a following?
Initially the answer would be, NO!!!! Even during the opening scene the show is reflective of "Everybody loves Raymond" on crack. Do mothers and fathers who have great skills in the parenting department want to ignite bad behavior from their children? Through the first half of this half hour sitcom it is clear that these children seem to be offspring of very dysfunctional parents.
Is this show a reflection of the family dynamic or is this the way families can see the future? There are so many questions surrounding the concept of this show that was hard to sit down with a clear mind during the first episode. The basic plot-line is that these two families with divorced parents have daughters who are best friends. The daughters are becoming the "mean girls" their moms feared in high school. Annie Watson (Jaime Pressly) is realizing she has left her strict upbringing by allowing her daughter, Sophie (Kristi Lauren) to have free rein of her teenage life. Nikki Miller (Katie Finneran) who has reinvented herself from an overweight teenager with no self-esteem to a Southern Belle but daughter, Mackenzie (Aisha Dee) uses her mothers insecurity from childhood to manipulate her mother.
Dads Matt (Eric Sheffer Stevens) and Gary (Chad Coleman) are little more than absentee fathers allowing their daughters to run the household that they no longer live in. When they arrive to help sort out the differences between mom & daughter their impact is a mute point. The girls have dads wrapped around their finger while the men really want to just look like they are helping to the ex's.
Jack (Kevin Rahm) is the bother of Matt and often is the clear headed thinker of this whole group. Even his sense of reason is sometimes not enough to bring peace within the families. A crush begins to fuel under the surface towards Jack by none other than his ex-sister-in-law Annie.
We sit with mixed emotions about this show with the concept proving the despicable direction parenting is taking in the new millennium. In the first episode the daughters are accused of torturing a young boy in their class. Annie and Sophie have a heart felt moment with the two coming to an understanding. Sophie tells her mom that the tables were turned and it was the boy who was mocking MacKenzie because her mother is white and dad is black. Annie and Nikki then decide to let the girls go to the school dance they initially were grounded from attending. The moms enter the dance to confront a boy who was supposedly tormenting the girls only to find out he is a boy in a wheel chair and black.
Getting revenge on two teenage girls at a dance can only mean one thing, moms are gonna break out on the dance floor and make sure everyone sees them and know who their kids are. What better way to get the best of your kids than show off your skills on the dance floor with dances more than 20 years old.
The show has its moments but kids do not need anymore negative influence in their life than they already see daily in life. The parenting just proves how many are incapable of raising children today.
RUSTY
11/30/11
