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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]


Lee - May 07, 2009 7:53:13 am PDT #8932 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Yeah, I boggled at that one. I was like "Sweetie, you walking around naked is not going to help that one. Hell, it might make your son MORE GAY!!!"

Seriously! Issues much?


Jesse - May 07, 2009 9:53:25 am PDT #8933 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Here's a somewhat negative review of The Fashion Show: [link] What cracks me up is that they point to "T.I.'s Road to Redemption" as an example of how even MTV and VH-1 are getting less trashy. Did they watch the same "For the Love of Ray-J" I did???


Liese S. - May 07, 2009 12:32:37 pm PDT #8934 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Hee. It's clear I'm home and catching up on my reality tv.

TAR: Seriously? I'm not the right person to ask about this issue, because I have an iron bladder, but seriously? Million dollars, you can't hold it just a little longer?

Definitely cheering for Tammy & Victor at this point. I think they really have worked their way through their issues and are having fun. Luke & Margie have gotten too cranky at this point, probably from exhaustion. I know I'm breakable, so I'm sure my uglier side would come out were I on a show like this, too.

And you know who I'm not cheering for.

MMaSM: Looks like next week's going to be even more weepy, but man is everyone breaking down! Brandon is definitely into woobie territory because he's just so young. It must be hard to learn like that, everything thrown at you at once. You're getting everything from how to cook eggs and do your own laundry to the balance between confidence and cockiness, and that's something that many people never figure out. At that age I was breaking lamps and screaming and that was just at the drama of everyday living.

I think the final probably deserves to be Jonathan, Jordan, & Sandhurst. But I think it may end up being Salome instead of Jordan. (Oh, and as an aside, I think her confusion about Warhol was probably not put on as whoever it was implied. She'd probably recognize the images if she'd seen them, but growing up in that environment, I could see her not knowing who he was.)

Oh, and about Jonathan. I'd wondered about that wrt reality shows in general; if the contestants were getting some sort of stipend for the time they were away. I guess typically reality show cast members are young single people with copious amounts of free time, but it seems like being able to keep up with the rent for three months while you're gone would be a more common problem.


Liese S. - May 07, 2009 12:33:59 pm PDT #8935 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Oh, yeah, and isn't yellowfin tuna the new one that's having problems and shouldn't be fished right now? Doesn't Tom go on about stuff like that from time to time, know your ingredients?

Also, I covet his house.

There was something else I had to OMG about, but now I can't remember. Reality overload.


megan walker - May 07, 2009 1:14:03 pm PDT #8936 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Oh, yeah, and isn't yellowfin tuna the new one that's having problems and shouldn't be fished right now? Doesn't Tom go on about stuff like that from time to time, know your ingredients?

According to the fish/seafood guide I just got at the Monterey Aquarium last week, Yellowfin is a "good alternative" but only if it is caught by trolling or with a pole (not via longline).


Jesse - May 07, 2009 3:57:02 pm PDT #8937 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, I've thought about the rent issue on the reality tv front. A single person could just give up their apartment and put stuff in storage or whatever. It did kill me how stupid Amanda was all worked up about how she's doing this for her kid, when Jonathan was just silently fretting about his wife and kid's continued ability to make the rent. I'm assuming Amanda's kid is with her parents?


Vortex - May 07, 2009 5:31:06 pm PDT #8938 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Is anyone watching The Fashion Show? I already have a favorite, Reco, who said "harem pants--just the couture word for Hammer pants. Whatever."


Amy - May 07, 2009 5:34:40 pm PDT #8939 of 23273
Because books.

I am. It's very odd -- it's so clearly a copy of Runway.

I don't have a favorite yet.


sumi - May 08, 2009 4:53:55 am PDT #8940 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I am too. I don't have a favorite either. . . .but I do love watching Isaak Mizrahi looking at the works in progress.


lisah - May 08, 2009 5:28:52 am PDT #8941 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

I don't know that Allison should win ANTM (she was way too nervous at the go-sees) but I want her to win after she did this

[link]

Winston!

Man, I watched MMaSM last night and I was so worried they were going to keep Amanda for one more week. god. what a freaking idiot.

I think the final probably deserves to be Jonathan, Jordan, & Sandhurst. But I think it may end up being Salome instead of Jordan.

I'm worried that Jonathan is going to be too upset about what's going on at home and he's going to screw up somehow.

I know Jordan is more stereotypically model-like but I hope it's either Salome or Moutaha along with those two men. Either of them is more interesting looking to me than Jordan.