The country singer/wannabe was really awful. I think Phil used the only way he could to try to get through to her but she still didn't get it.[/quote]
If she were talented, or "got it" or were in any way not deluded, he wouldn't have had her on his show. All the show consists of is: find someone who is deluded (or whom he just happens to disagree with and/or thinks the audience will), yell at them, let them say more deluded things (or things that indicate they don't agree), yell at them some more. All involved (except for the sacrificial lamb) feel superior. The sacrificial lamb stays misunderstood or deluded and possibly mentally ill and potentially scarred for life, but hey, it's entertainment!
So, he finds an OCD person who is stuck in her sickness because she won't take the medicine. He finds a husband who somehow thinks his life will not change at all when he has a baby. He finds people who are having affairs but want to stay married anyway. Etc. It's clear he screens for the "what are they thinking?" factor so that everyone can feel superior to the guests and he can sound really "honest" and "real."
The show really is just a variant of Howard Stern. Instead of throwing garbage at strippers, Dr. Phil throws invective at people with mental problems. And half the time the "problems" aren't really what he is making them out to be-- they are just lifestyles he doesn't share (e.g., the cosleeping family-- lots of people cosleep now, and there is evidence that it is better for the kids.) Other times he dregs stuff up that happened many years ago and acts as if it happened the week before. And often the people he is "helping" are truly sick and will not get anything out of being ridiculed in public. Yes, they "asked for it" but that is because they are mentally ill.
I guess sometimes it's fun to watch someone yell at someone (I like to watch those judge shows sometimes for that-- just to hear delusions shattered) but it isn't psychology and it's definitely not in a spirit of helping people and in the end it isn't a very positive enterprise.
Sorry. Just realized I hate him!!
If she were talented, or "got it" or were in any way not deluded, he wouldn't have had her on his show. All the show consists of is: find someone who is deluded (or whom he just happens to disagree with and/or thinks the audience will), yell at them, let them say more deluded things (or things that indicate they don't agree), yell at them some more. All involved (except for the sacrificial lamb) feel superior. The sacrificial lamb stays misunderstood or deluded and possibly mentally ill and potentially scarred for life, but hey, it's entertainment!
So, he finds an OCD person who is stuck in her sickness because she won't take the medicine. He finds a husband who somehow thinks his life will not change at all when he has a baby. He finds people who are having affairs but want to stay married anyway. Etc. It's clear he screens for the "what are they thinking?" factor so that everyone can feel superior to the guests and he can sound really "honest" and "real."
The show really is just a variant of Howard Stern. Instead of throwing garbage at strippers, Dr. Phil throws invective at people with mental problems. And half the time the "problems" aren't really what he is making them out to be-- they are just lifestyles he doesn't share (e.g., the cosleeping family-- lots of people cosleep now, and there is evidence that it is better for the kids.) Other times he dregs stuff up that happened many years ago and acts as if it happened the week before. And often the people he is "helping" are truly sick and will not get anything out of being ridiculed in public. Yes, they "asked for it" but that is because they are mentally ill.
I guess sometimes it's fun to watch someone yell at someone (I like to watch those judge shows sometimes for that-- just to hear delusions shattered) but it isn't psychology and it's definitely not in a spirit of helping people and in the end it isn't a very positive enterprise.
Sorry. Just realized I hate him!!