From the beginning of “Big Love’s” run on HBO, I’ve warned that it’s a bad thing to make sympathetic polygamist characters, because it fails to accurately show that fundamentalist Mormon polygamy enables sex slavery and statutory rape. But no, nobody listens to Matt, and now there’s going to be a reality docu-series on TLC called “Sister Wives” about a polygamist family.
“They are very much a modern family. They are open-minded. They are generally adorable,” said Bill Hayes, president of North Carolina-based Figure 8 Films and co-executive producer of the show.
“Their children were so well behaved and polite and healthy and happy,” he added. “Pardon the cliche, but the proof was in the pudding. I thought, ‘What a bunch of great young people, and there was nothing strange about them.’ They have an unusual lifestyle, but for them, it was their lifestyle.”
“Wow, isn’t it amazing the way these people in a cult are bright-eyed and agreeable?”
The suburban Brown family consists of the patriarch [Kody], who works in advertising; his first wife Meri, 39, and their 14-year-old daughter; second wife Janelle, 40, and their six children, ages 5 to 15; and third wife Christine, 37, and their five children, ages 6 to 14, with one on the way. The show follows Kody Brown’s pursuit of a fourth wife, Robyn, who has three children, ages 5 to 10, from a previous marriage. [SL Trib]
Great. Thanks for this one, TLC. Although frankly, I always figured “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” would appear on Bravo.
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Let me guess the father owns a midget cake business in order to support his three families and the show will focus on the day to day struggles of the sister wives who operate it.
Holy shit, that is a lot of kids/cult members. And of course they are well behaved, beatings and statutory rape will do that to kids.
In TLC’s defense, at least it isn’t another show about cakes.
(Left to Right) No; No; Hell No; Handjob only.
These people make the Duggars seem normal.
So “Sister Wives” isn’t about incest? That whistling you hear is the one yokel with the Internet sighing through his missing teeth.
Once gay marriage is legal TLC will produce a show called “Mister Wives”. This show will not take place in Utah.
Just because Mormon polygamy promotes slavery and banging kids doesn’t mean all polygamy does. This site is just an anti-polygamy rag some days.
Why is every guy with multiple wives always called a polygamist?
These people make the Duggan’s seem normal.
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Oddly enough Matt, I just started reading Under the Banner of Heaven last week based on a previous recommendation from you, and now comes this news. I guess it’s a good thing that TLC didn’t choose to follow a family where the husband has taken his step-child for a wife, but this still doesn’t seem like the greatest idea for a TV show.
“follow a family where the husband has taken his step-child for a wife”
Soon Yi was on board, but Woody wanted too much creative control.
so, mormon wives really look like chloe sevigny? Shit, i knew it was too good to expect ladies that look like Ginnifer Goodwin and Jean Tripplehorn to be willing polygamists.
Don’t forget that Mormons also gave us Glenn Beck.
When the wives start crashing planes into the Sears tower, I’ll get concerned. Until then I’ll say what the gays say to Christians when they get upset about gay marriage. It doesn’t affect you, so live and let live.
Sex slavery and statutory rape aside, how many of you guys are going to tune in to see how Kody pulls this off?
What do you expect from a state that lets scumbag Warren Jeffs off for his kiddie porn activities? I guess for TLC kids look enough like midgets that they can laugh as Daddy sells them to the family friend for rape?
You commenters who keep calling these people “Mormons” need to understand… the Mormon chruch excommunicates you for behavior like this (and less). What you’re seeing are fringe splinter groups, not Mormons.
Got no great love for polygamy, but how the blazes do you commit statutory rape with women aged 39, 40, and 37?
I can’t wait for “The Real Honor Killings of Pakistan.”
“Sure, burning your daughter alive SEEMS unusual, but they were a really happy, well-adjusted family.”
Ok shut up ya’ll they are normal people who have just different beliefs. And don’t you dare judge mormons on poligamy. We don’t do that anymore that was like in the 1800.
This poligamy is of a different religon now okay!
Don’t you guys think that saying that ALL polygamists are child-molesting, slave driving cults is about the same as saying that ALL monogamists (one marriage) beat and sexually abuse their kids because we hear about SO many cases of it everyday (and we do)? What is the difference? Aren’t you being a bit hypocritical? Do you think you hear all the stories about the well-behaved polygamists? Of course not, that doesn’t make news. Think here guys…….