Post by Adriana Velez
Lord have mercy, Honey Boo Boo Child is back and she's brought her whole family with her. You may recall (with a shudder) Alana Thompson, the go-go-juice-fuled youngster from the reality kiddie pageant series Toddlers and Tiaras. She and her mama were so compelling -- from a purely anthropological perspective, of course -- that TLC decided to give the whole family its own series. Hence their new show, Honey Boo Bo. It's all about the Thompson family and their grotesque redneck ways. The end. Okay, my editor would like me to write a little more than that, but I'm almost at a loss. I guess what has me worried most about this show isn't watching a family literally roll around in mud (don't we all do that?) -- it's what being the 6-year-old National Spokesperson for American Rednecks is going to do to Alana when she grows up.![]()
Lord have mercy, Honey Boo Boo Child is back and she's brought her whole family with her. You may recall (with a shudder) Alana Thompson, the go-go-juice-fuled youngster from the reality kiddie pageant series Toddlers and Tiaras. She and her mama were so compelling -- from a purely anthropological perspective, of course -- that TLC decided to give the whole family its own series. Hence their new show, Honey Boo Bo. It's all about the Thompson family and their grotesque redneck ways. The end. Okay, my editor would like me to write a little more than that, but I'm almost at a loss. I guess what has me worried most about this show isn't watching a family literally roll around in mud (don't we all do that?) -- it's what being the 6-year-old National Spokesperson for American Rednecks is going to do to Alana when she grows up.