So true, says this HGTV junkie:

When she says these things it calls to mind those reality TV shows whose central myth of transformation centers on the home. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” “Trading Spaces,” “Flip This House” and so on. These programs are the new pornography of the landed middle class, and they are, in their own way, as cruel as the old pornography. Just as the libidinal 13-year-old will someday discover that not all naked women look like Playboy centerfolds, so too, the first-time homeowner will have to learn that refurbishing your den, even on national TV, does nothing to heal the cracks in your foundation.

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