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How could you not watch new ANTM? Andre Leon Talley in a turban and a caftan. That is all.
Oh also, Undercover Boss is excellent reality TV crack. So manipulative and yet soooo satisfying. The episode with the Hooters dude was rage inducing, but all of the other ones have been cheap tears, cheese-fests. Did you see it this past Sunday? The 7-11 driver from Kazakhstan who kept talking all that "only in America/What a country!" blah blah like some modern day Yakov Smirnoff? And then the boss gives him and his wife, who only see each other two days a week because he works nights and she works days but that lets them be like lovers, an all expenses paid vacation so they can spend enough time togehter to get sick of each other like a good American pair should do? O. Em. Gee. I admit that I kind of love this creepy, fake show.
How could you not watch new ANTM? Andre Leon Talley in a turban and a caftan. That is all.
Is he a judge this time around? I'm trying to stay away from ANTM...
Yes, Ms. Jay has finally gotten sick of Tyra is pursuing other things.
Is he a judge this time around? I'm trying to stay away from ANTM...
He's replacing Miss Jay and you know that shit is about to start getting amazing! I would pay folding money to see Fivehead and the gay giant that made her famous try to share diva space. So, so good. I haven't been a regular ANTM watcher since the season when Jaslene won, but I will be back for ALT. Oh, yes.
ALT grew up in Durham, NC, raised by his grandmother who was a housekeeper at Duke. He buried her in a Chanel suit. His autobiography about it is fascinating, and manages to completely elide the question of his sexuality.
there is no question about his sexuality.
Did that start already? Did I miss it?
ABDC: Yeah, Gaga week was a little weak. Bluprint Crew rocked it (dude, the bit where it looked like they picked her up by the throat? Crazy. And creepy. And very athletic, but definitely weird in a gaga way, which the other crews missed, I feel.), but they were pretty much it.
So I was talking to my band leader and he was swinging a guitar cable like a jump rope. I was all, "do you watch America`s Best Dance Crew...no, I`m sure you don`t..." And he was all, "Saltare!" Hee. So it turns out he did show choir and all and loves dance. Must remember to ask him if he watches Glee. Anyway, in general, I don`t think any crew is going to live up to Jabbawockees. But I still watch and enjoy the show.
ABDC: I'm dreading this week, because Mario's chipper preview was that they're going to be doing disco or some such, and whenever they do stunt trips to the past like that it usually trips the crews up really, really badly. And this week 2 of them will be voted off as it is.
I love Saltare, but when a crew comes on with a gimmick (like Saltare, or the guys on skates, or the cloggers) are they required to use that particular skill every single week?
