User Reviews

All though the intention of the series is to bring to light personal and human issues, the self-proclaimed non-professional Amy Hoggart appears to lack the ability to come up with creative, television applicable activities for the members of the show. Having watched episode 2, there were notable mistakes in the approach to helping a college student from Miami with herself image issues. The first activity Amy tried was to have the student describe herself to a characterist. A student notably had a negative description of her personal image, which contrasted with Amy's now positive self-image. Both the student and the characterist saw the final product as representative of the students outward appearance. Amy makes note of how this is representative of a problem via voice over, but neglects to have a conversation with the student over why this may be a problem. Amy then concludes that if the student self-image cannot be changed maybe Miami as a whole can be changed. This led to a nonsensical segment with Amy pitching a new ad campaign for Miami with the slogan "now letting in less than nines". The final activity aiming to improve the student's self-confidence was a tour bus ride full of the students friends, and three locals who came in to talk to the student prior, but the student taking the microphone to give facts about the city, as well as, "positively cat calling people". Although there is a disclaimer at the beginning of the show stating that allmembers of the show are screened by psychologists for participation in the show, there is no evidence from the show alone that the members on the show are subjected to any professional treatment for their issues. I found that Amy's approach misappropriated the seriousness of self-image issues, suggesting to the student that rather than the superficial people in the city being the problem, it was her fault for surrounding herself by those people. this idea is also brought up by one of the locals brought in to talk to the student. Well I appreciate the attempt at a show with genuine intent to help people with human issues, I would much prefer to see a show where Amy brings in professionals to talk to people going through life problems. The spunkiness of the activities may work well on TV, but I think most people will get more satisfaction out of watching somebody actually deal with their problems rather than participating in quirky activities.