Theoretically, this is Sara N's interview at chow.com but it is still downloading for me.
I, for one, wasn't looking forward to starting my day with a slaughter. Which, really, just goes to show how much I've grown
Anya ,'Sleeper'
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]
sumi - Aug 09, 2007 4:52:55 pm PDT #1500 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
Lee - Aug 09, 2007 7:56:05 pm PDT #1501 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
BB: The last 5 minutes of tonight's show got caught off. Did anything exciting happen after whatshername got HOH?
brenda m - Aug 10, 2007 3:13:28 am PDT #1502 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
Dick started trying to call out Jameka of all people for being a liar. That's about it.
Lee - Aug 10, 2007 5:50:27 am PDT #1503 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Thanks Brenda!
What an ass.
JZ - Aug 10, 2007 6:21:05 am PDT #1504 of 23273
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Finally saw Top Chef. Brief notes:
1. Howie is such a dick. And not bulldoggish at all. This is a slur on bulldogs, who are stubborn as all hell, but mostly incredibly sweet-natured and affectionate and not Howie-like at all. Can we call him rat terrierish instead (marginally tractable one-on-one, agitated and snappish and bitey in large groups), please?
2. He so should have gone home instead of Sara N, except that she sounded in her interview like she'd just hit a wall and gotten so weary and so done with it all that she was relieved to go. Still, he should have gone. Howie gone probably would have gone a long way toward restoring her spirit.
3. OMG I love Ted so much. The thoughtful and classy apology in his blog was lovely on its own, but almost as good was "Two words: Ba. Con." Now I'm all mournful and missing Queer Eye all over again.
4. Tre in a wifebeater and apron, making beautiful comfort food at aught-o'clock in the morning: GUH.
SuziQ - Aug 10, 2007 6:44:20 am PDT #1505 of 23273
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
4. Tre in a wifebeater and apron, making beautiful comfort food at aught-o'clock in the morning: GUH.
Oh yes. Bunk.
sumi - Aug 10, 2007 6:55:34 am PDT #1506 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
Tre in a wifebeater and apron, making beautiful comfort food at aught-o'clock in the morning: GUH.
Yes. This alone should have won him the challenge.
I agree with what you said about Howie cf bulldogs. Howie is a much more bitter and angry creature and more difficult to work with. Possibly more of a snapping turtle.
Lee - Aug 10, 2007 7:03:17 am PDT #1507 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yes. This alone should have won him the challenge.
Seriously. From the way the show was edited (completely unnecessary but hot scene of Tre talking about taking off his shirt), I think the powers that be knew that too.
Liese S. - Aug 10, 2007 5:33:43 pm PDT #1508 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hmm.
I'm not sure how I feel about this.
Part of the problem I have with the challenge was the way in which it sexualized and effectively demeaned the women. I'm not altogether comfortable with sexualizing Tre's cooking here as well. Or I guess, if I'm going to do that, I better not rant about the women's clothing.
Liese S. - Aug 10, 2007 5:35:35 pm PDT #1509 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Adding a post to say, I don't mean to harsh anyone's squee. Tre is a fine, fine looking young man, and also, I would eat his bacon wrapped shrimp on cheesy grits any day, and by that I mean food.
But I was getting ready to get all shirty about the women's clubbing gear and sexualization, and I guess I'd better get all equal opportunity shirty.