TV Review: Sister Wives - College-Bound Browns

The sister wives travelled to Boston to speak publicly about their lifestyle.  Danielle, the professor from an earlier episode, set up a panel discussion to allow religion students and faculty members to ask questions.  The oldest four kids went along to join them on the panel, and to tour some east coast universities.

Kody, especially, was quite nervous about it.  He expressed his concern that someone would accuse him of being a bad person, of exploiting and controlling his wives, and compare him to Warren Jeffs.  He was worried that he might become reactive and defensive if the audience was hostile.  I think that, based on some of the things that he's said, this is a valid concern!  Kody is genuine and open-hearted and willing to just be out there, and I like these qualities, but sometimes he isn't so aware of how others will perceive what he says. 

The discussion turned out to be pretty benign and tolerant.  There were some questions that alluded to Warren Jeffs and the polygamy compounds, but the audience seemed quite respectful.  It was the Browns who brought up Jeffs directly, stressing how much they are not like him. Robyn even got quite emotional in describing her reaction to the news articles she's read, and talking about wanting to rescue the women from the FLDS compounds.

One woman even said that Kody must be a hell of a man, since most men couldn't deal with four women.  She almost seemed to be flirting with him as she said it!

Janelle seemed much more animated and articulate in this episode than she's been lately.  Even though she tends to be the shy one of the sister wives, in this episode she seemed to have some of the best things to say, and be very astute at understanding how outsiders might see their family. As the most successful career woman in the group, she has some skills that aren't getting used right now, and it seemed to bring her out to do this panel.

The Brown teenagers were real and approachable, and it probably helped people accept the situation that the kids were not all definitely planning to be polygamous later in life.  Madison was quite forthright about not feeling liking the idea of having sister wives.

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