I haven’t seen all of the shows yet, just some clips here and there because I haven’t had time to watch any tv lately. But it’s my understanding there are regular people’s stories in there, too, including a kid in a refugee camp. And the celebrities aren’t complaining about anything. Glenn Close was talking about the effects on her and her siblings of being raised in some sort of cult. Her siblings are regular people with severe mental illnesses and were in her story.
I couldn’t really stand Oprah based on what I little I saw of her when she had her show. But I was surprised how helpful her comments were in some interview she had with Hoda Kotb recently. I saw a clip somewhere and decided to actually sit through her entire interview.
She was talking about how she survived some traumas in her life and I found her outlook very helpful for what my family is going through right now with the pandemic. We had so many friends and family die since the pandemic; some to natural causes, some to Covid, a couple to suicide. The kids education has suffered and there’s going to be some job changes. I’m for the first time in ages being hit with severe anxiety attacks as a result of trying to help the kids through theirs and the pressure of suddenly pivoting to return to my normal duties of keeping extended family happy and well. I was really shocked and surprised anything Oprah would have to say on anything would resonate with me at this time. But you just never know where a light is going to shine, I guess.
A lot of women respect Oprah’s success. And a lot of people in general and women in particular find ourselves feeling responsible for the mental and emotional health of our families while sacrificing our own. So I think the audience for this series isn’t likely to be the usual MR forum commenter anyway. But that doesn’t mean there is no audience at all.
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