Extreme Makeover, The Swan & Plastic Surgery TV

Close your flip phone and stop scrolling the TV Guide channel because today we’re getting a broader understanding of The Swan & Early 2000’s makeovers.At a time when everyone was being scrutinized for their physical appearance there was a certain type of reality competition show that seemed to thrive. The Biggest Loser, The Swan & its predecessor Extreme Makeover provide a look back at a dark time in our reality tv and body image history but have things improved? Did The Swan shame us into being better or did it just pave the way for something worse?Sources:The Dark Side of Reality TV: The SwanVice, 2024 This Controversial Reality Series Was Its Own Horror MovieRhianna Malas & Pierce Baugh, Collider The Swan Fox, 2004Extreme MakeoverABC, 2002-2006Why Women in Movies Get MakeoversThe Take, YouTubeThe Ugly Pretty GirlThe Take, YouTubeThe toxic diet culture & fatphobia of early 2000's chick flickselle literacy, YouTubeWorst Moments of The Biggest LoserThe List, YouTubeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.