ArchivesLaura Bush taped her appearance on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition yesterday. “She met with some of the victims, passed out clothing and listened intently to tales of destruction, with a film crew following her and a boom microphone hovering overhead,” the New York Times reports.
But the real story was that the number one feel-good reality show, taking time out to help hurricane victims, had to encourage real people to be fake. Because, like, their real reactions to seeing the First Lady wouldn’t have been real enough.
The New York Times reports from the scene in Biloxi, Miss.:
Keeping the excitement up on Tuesday was no great feat; if anything, producers had to plead for calm. Storm victims who had gathered at the Biloxi Community Center, where clothes donated by Sears, a show sponsor, were being distributed, waited eagerly with their cameras for Mrs. Bush to arrive.“People walking in here, this is a surprise for you!” one director shouted at the crowd. “Don’t stand here looking like you know what’s coming.”
Ironically, when asked about whether or not Laura Bush’s appearance was a political stunt, executive producer Tom Forman said, “The thing about making this show is I packed up and put away my cynicism a long time ago.”
Apparently, he packed his cynicism away right next to his scruples and integrity.
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