I don't remember Tami Roman from the Real World LA, but she was just on Basketball Wives this year, and is kind of an interesting person, kind of a hot mess, almost definitely creating drama for the camera and the story line. So.
She's not just a blob of energy, she's also a 14-year-old hormone bomb.
Spike ,'The Killer In Me'
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]
Jesse - Apr 21, 2011 11:34:55 am PDT #16540 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Scrappy - Apr 21, 2011 11:39:16 am PDT #16541 of 23273
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Pedro!
kat perez - Apr 21, 2011 11:51:19 am PDT #16542 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
erika, I totally did not take your question badly. I think it's totally legit as so many of the folks on reality TV are deeply, deeply unlikeable.
Sigh. I miss seasons 1-3 of The Real World. As soon as Stephen slapped Irene on the Seattle season, it was all downhill from there.
Sigh. And now I'm sad because I'm such an old head reality TV ho. Damn kids. Get offa my lawn.
Also, whoever said Dom on the ABDC judge panel is wholly unpleasant, preach! I just can't stand him.
Liese S. - Apr 21, 2011 11:54:17 am PDT #16543 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I was just thinking that too, kat. I have no space to look down my nose at any reality show viewing because I was in it from the start. But I think that gives me the latitude to look down at it now. Today's reality shows, hmph.
sumi - Apr 21, 2011 11:57:05 am PDT #16544 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
Wasn't Tami the one who got into fight or something with the comic and was pulled down the hallway by a towel or something?
kat perez - Apr 21, 2011 11:57:10 am PDT #16545 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Tami Roman from the Real World LA
Tami! She was the blueprint for the bitchy black drama queen on The Real World. She also instigated the first roommate eviction when she got David kicked out of the house for pulling her out of the bed when she was "naked" (but not really because she totally had on panties and a wifebeater which practically qualifies as overdressed on today's Real World) and then claiming that his having done so was akin to her being raped live on national TV. So much drama. Although she did give me one of my favorite nonsense lines, "It wasn't not funny!" which she screamed at David while he was trying to explain to her that the whole thing had been a joke. Oh, Tami.
Although she did have a really affecting storyline that season, too. She got pregnant and had an abortion during the filming of the season. It was very tough stuff but handled with a lot of grace, or so I thought at the time.
le nubian - Apr 21, 2011 12:01:41 pm PDT #16546 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
wasn't she also the one who had her jaw wired shut to lose weight?
sumi - Apr 21, 2011 12:05:56 pm PDT #16547 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
No way - did everything that happened in season 2 center around Tami?
Amy - Apr 21, 2011 12:07:22 pm PDT #16548 of 23273
Because books.
As soon as Stephen slapped Irene on the Seattle season, it was all downhill from there.
So true. I loved the first season in NYC so much. It was fascinating!
kat perez - Apr 21, 2011 12:08:21 pm PDT #16549 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Yep, that's the girl. She was trying to become a pop star (or probably more likely an R&B star) and thus the jaw wiring shut so that she could look the part more. Sadly, she couldn't really sing at all which was the larger problem, but she mostly focused on the aesthetics and on yelling at people in the dance studio in her best BoomKat (LaurieAnne Gibson for those not up on the Diddy shows) before BoomKat was cool way.