I am a disabled rights activist that loves to see people with disabilities (PWD's) portrayed realistically. This doesn't do that. Watching this show taught me that PWD's don't work real jobs yet have the money to develop their property, take very fabulous vacations, afford private school educations for their kids, own more vehicles than they have family members; spend lavishly on childish things (the town); don't plan well (everything Matt does); make business decisions on a whim (the wedding farm); whine about going bankrupt (Matt); whine about their kids not doing anything for the business that they did not chose (Matt); whine about Matt spending too much money without doing anything to stop him (Amy); constantly throw temper tantrums (Amy); take terrible risks with the safety of themselves or others (the trebuchet, DWI); have a lot of friends with disabilities who never seem to visit them after season three; who have children who don't curse, smoke, drink, have sex in the barn, take drugs, fight; never encounter any architectural barrier; etc. Good little Christian little people with darling children.
Is this pandering to how the able-bodied population wishes to see PWD's? Probably.
I cringe every time I watch this show. I watch because I hope it will change. It hasn't; it won't.
Is this pandering to how the able-bodied population wishes to see PWD's? Probably.
I cringe every time I watch this show. I watch because I hope it will change. It hasn't; it won't.