I am now watching the Sing Off--I meant to TiVo it last night, and forgot. Yay.
Mighty fine shindig.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
meara - Dec 07, 2010 12:04:33 pm PST #15807 of 23273
Liese S. - Dec 07, 2010 12:24:13 pm PST #15808 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, okay, thanks, le nubian. No wonder I missed it.
I really loved about four or five of the groups, which is an excellent percentage on a show like this one.
Yeah. Some of them just made me smile and smile.
kat perez - Dec 08, 2010 10:35:14 am PST #15809 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
This year's groups on The Sing Off seem to be of much higher quality than last year's. I remember hating about half of the groups last year, but there wasn't really anyone on Monday that I thought was truly awful. I loved, loved, loved the gospel kids who killed Maroon 5, the old school Oakland dudes, the Nashville group (Streetcorner Symphony?) and the Whiffenpoofs were fun. I didn't care all that much for the Oregon team. They weren't terrible but they kind of felt like a one hit wonder. I'll be interested to see what they do with something that wasn't a YouTube hit for them. I also didn't get what all the fuss was about for the LA supergroup. I thought they were fine, but not all that. Maybe it's just that I never really cared for that song all that much. I'm glad they kept the HS kids on. Even if they were not technically better than the Berklee kids, I enjoyed watching them more. Ben Folds and Shawn are right up there with JC from ABDC as some of the best reality show judges going. I don't really know why Nicole is there. I guess somebody's got to be the Paula.
And speaking of Ms. Abdul, Live to Dance? Can. Not. Wait!
Vortex - Dec 08, 2010 12:00:16 pm PST #15810 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Train wreck for sure, it will be awesome !
le nubian - Dec 08, 2010 7:17:43 pm PST #15811 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Top Chef: Interesting decision.
brenda m - Dec 08, 2010 7:27:15 pm PST #15812 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I was glad of it. I'm not sure what happened to her. She was so strong through 80% of her season and then kind of lost it, and doesn't seem to have shaken it off. And going so ballistic defending something that wasn't actually good? Whatev. I'm over her.
Also, a fucking world of whatev to Tiffany trying to argue that she got shafted because she didn't listen to her options and assumed she was being handed a massive win. Fuck that shit.
Vortex - Dec 08, 2010 8:31:06 pm PST #15813 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I think that she was ultimately kicked off because if her palate/taste was so off that she thought that was a good dish, she's not a good chef. Props for the vigorous defense of her dish, but if it sucked, it sucked.
sumi - Dec 09, 2010 2:57:07 am PST #15814 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
Yes, I'm not sure what happened to Jen - but she never got back what she had in the first half of her season.
le nubian - Dec 09, 2010 3:46:54 am PST #15815 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I was rooting around the Bravo Web site last night and Ripert's defense of her (and his condemnation of her attitude) was really interesting. Bourdain's essay about all of this with inclusions of "Wire" references is a rip-snorter.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 09, 2010 4:37:14 am PST #15816 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I felt like there was some weird Daddy dynamic at work with Jen- like after her season she got mentally beat up by a parent or parental figure about her waning confidence so she came out this season ballistic and guns-ablazing.
I think Tiffani was just trying to cover her ass with her team and the judges with that crazy talk. She certainly assumed, but was dumb to do so. That said, I would have loved to see Tom C. mention her remarkable change in attitude toward the kids between her season and this one.