I couldn't sit around at a table and talk about the most intimate details of my life with perfect strangers. Some people are sharing stories of when they became sexually active, others are talking about what it's like to be a dark-skinned African American. One woman, in a last-ditch effort to make an impression, shouts out that she's a Canadian bisexual exotic dancer. Amy shares little about herself. This hasn't been the case with characters on the show.
Some issues are less serious than others, but most everyone has something to deal with.
On the current show, Danny is gay, dating someone in the military and has to come out to his parents. On the Hawaii show, Ruthie, the bisexual wild-child, had a problem with alcoholism. Amy can't point to anything traumatic in her life. She thinks that may be an obstacle with her getting on the show. My friends and I talked about how everyone who goes on this show, there's something controversial about them.