Showbiz Moms & Dads: "Emilys mother insists that shes doing all this for her daughter and protests to the unseen filmmakers that her daughter is no JonBenet. 'Does she look like a happy child?' she says, thinking that the question is rhetorical. But the filmmakers, appropriately showing no mercy, answer the question by cutting to a shot of Emily looking absolutely miserable as she prepares to go onstage."
The only consolation to watching Showbiz Moms & Dads is that the subjects--the parents, at least--want to be exploited and get their time in front of the camera. As for the children, they are a reminder that the path for every Britney Spears or Hilary Duff is lined with a million self-inflated adolescent egos.
