Plight Quotes

[The plight of New Orleans] has nothing to do with what we did on the field today. We [--] on the field. It has nothing to do with where we live, what we do, what the situation is. - Jim Haslett

[T]he viewer is instructed by the narrator about exactly what to look for; his comments reinforce the notion that what we are about to see will be funny. Studio laughter accompanies each episode as a way of continually defining the actions as funny, prompting the home viewer to experience the scene as amusing, rather than feeling sympathy or compassion for the victim's plight, or searching to understand it. - Stanley Milgram

[So is this:] When people are pushed to a certain limit... they will start coming up with novel and extreme solutions to their plight. - Ephrem Fernandez

[Rich says they came up with an ingenious way to resolve the family's plight and help real-life hurricane victims, too.] One of Reba's great loves is her work for Habitat for Humanity, ... So that's how the family ends up getting relocated to New Orleans. In this episode we're keeping awareness of the hurricane survivors alive and promoting one of the solutions. We'll be running PSAs for Habitat and Whirlpool, a company that is a great contributor to Habitat. - Chris Rich

[Others are sympathetic to the Microsoft plight.] The problem is that it is nearly impossible to offer security without blocking legitimate files, ... Microsoft's effort is a good first step. At least it should reduce the speed at which viruses can spread. - Carey Nachenberg

[Chophouse. It was his descriptions of meat, though, that most concerned Americans. Even President Theodore Roosevelt seemed to be more shocked by the details of how cattle and hogs were being sliced into beef and pork--and by how much condemned meat was ending up on American dinner tables--than by the workers' plight. Within a matter of months, Sinclair's book became an international bestseller and sparked legislation regulating the meat industry for the first time.] I aimed for the public's heart, ... and by accident I hit it in the stomach. - Upton Sinclair