Multiple Love: Polyamory - the Montel Williams show
Show Title: The Montel Williams Show
Episode Title: "Multiple Love: Polyamory"
Original airdate: November 29, 2005
Network: Syndicated - Paramount Domestic Television Produced by: The Montel Williams Show, in association with Paramount Domestic Television Executive Producers: Montel Williams and Diane Rappoport
Description:
>From the show's website: "Today we'll hear the stories of people who
consider
themselves 'polyamorists.' They feel that loving more than one person at a time isn't only natural but the best way to maintain productive relationships over time." (Full description available at
http://www.montelshow.com/show/?showID=4763)
NCSF Reviewer's note:
Although the show's format necessarily truncated a fully comprehensive discussion of the subject, the episode did present a good and articulate range of people involved in various polyamorous relationships and a positive understanding of why someone might choose polyamory over monogamy. The show's host, Montel Williams, occasionally took a devil's advocate approach to his guests, but overall he was very welcoming, and the studio audience seemed to move from a place of questioning hostility to one of just slightly hesitant acceptance. Throughout, Montel placed emphasis on polyamory being an alternative relationship structure, suggesting that is up to each of us to define our own relationships and important that we live from our hearts. The episode concluded with a taped interview with the 15-year-old daughter of one of the program's guests, who discussed the benefits and wealth of support she derived from growing up the child of polyamorous parents with more than two parental figures in the home. All in all, the show is to be commended for the respectful and inclusive manner in which the topic was presented.
(Reviewed by Lisa
Vandever.)
TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON THIS EPISODE TO THE SHOW'S PRODUCERS, WRITE:
The Montel Williams Show
433 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019
(While hard copy letters are generally more effective, you can also send a direct email to the show via their website, http://www.montelshow.com/sendyourpov/ )
WITH OPTIONAL CC TO THE PROGRAM'S DISTRIBUTOR AT:
Paramount Studios
5555 Melrose Avenue
Hollywood, CA 90038
AND AN OPTIONAL CC TO THE LOCAL STATION THAT AIRS "MONTEL" IN YOUR
COMMUNITY:
http://www.montelshow.com/wheretowatch/
***
HOW TO WRITE VIEWER FEEDBACK
Viewer letters are an effective way to convey a positive image of alternate sexual practices such as SM, swinging or polyamory. Your feedback can help to correct negative social myths and misconceptions about these types of practices, and may influence the future decisions of programmers and producers about the entertainment they provide. These letters help achieve the advocacy goals of the NCSF.
For more information and suggestions of points to include in your letter, see:
http://www.ncsfreedom.org/library/writelettertoeditor.htm
Please alert us to positive, negative or neutral stories about SM, swinging and polyamory at media@ncsfreedom.org
Episode Title: "Multiple Love: Polyamory"
Original airdate: November 29, 2005
Network: Syndicated - Paramount Domestic Television Produced by: The Montel Williams Show, in association with Paramount Domestic Television Executive Producers: Montel Williams and Diane Rappoport
Description:
>From the show's website: "Today we'll hear the stories of people who
consider
themselves 'polyamorists.' They feel that loving more than one person at a time isn't only natural but the best way to maintain productive relationships over time." (Full description available at
http://www.montelshow.com/show/?showID=4763)
NCSF Reviewer's note:
Although the show's format necessarily truncated a fully comprehensive discussion of the subject, the episode did present a good and articulate range of people involved in various polyamorous relationships and a positive understanding of why someone might choose polyamory over monogamy. The show's host, Montel Williams, occasionally took a devil's advocate approach to his guests, but overall he was very welcoming, and the studio audience seemed to move from a place of questioning hostility to one of just slightly hesitant acceptance. Throughout, Montel placed emphasis on polyamory being an alternative relationship structure, suggesting that is up to each of us to define our own relationships and important that we live from our hearts. The episode concluded with a taped interview with the 15-year-old daughter of one of the program's guests, who discussed the benefits and wealth of support she derived from growing up the child of polyamorous parents with more than two parental figures in the home. All in all, the show is to be commended for the respectful and inclusive manner in which the topic was presented.
(Reviewed by Lisa
Vandever.)
TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON THIS EPISODE TO THE SHOW'S PRODUCERS, WRITE:
The Montel Williams Show
433 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019
(While hard copy letters are generally more effective, you can also send a direct email to the show via their website, http://www.montelshow.com/sendyourpov/ )
WITH OPTIONAL CC TO THE PROGRAM'S DISTRIBUTOR AT:
Paramount Studios
5555 Melrose Avenue
Hollywood, CA 90038
AND AN OPTIONAL CC TO THE LOCAL STATION THAT AIRS "MONTEL" IN YOUR
COMMUNITY:
http://www.montelshow.com/wheretowatch/
***
HOW TO WRITE VIEWER FEEDBACK
Viewer letters are an effective way to convey a positive image of alternate sexual practices such as SM, swinging or polyamory. Your feedback can help to correct negative social myths and misconceptions about these types of practices, and may influence the future decisions of programmers and producers about the entertainment they provide. These letters help achieve the advocacy goals of the NCSF.
For more information and suggestions of points to include in your letter, see:
http://www.ncsfreedom.org/library/writelettertoeditor.htm
Please alert us to positive, negative or neutral stories about SM, swinging and polyamory at media@ncsfreedom.org
posted by Steve | 12:20 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home