Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.

'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]


Connie Neil - Aug 16, 2007 8:25:14 am PDT #1723 of 23273
brillig

They're having stories already about American Idol auditions. God help us all.

I think I could stand American Idol, if not for all the vicious audition footage. I get no amusement and feel much angst from watching ernest people with lots of hope and no talent.


lisah - Aug 16, 2007 8:29:19 am PDT #1724 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

Right now, I would like to see Tre, CJ, & Casey in the finale.

This would be my dream finale as well.


sumi - Aug 16, 2007 8:42:03 am PDT #1725 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

How do they feel when there are double elims?

Extra rewarded?

Do you think that they'll do three? Not four. . . I like those three and I would add Dale if there is four. If he must be eliminated I want it late because he has the best confessionals.


sumi - Aug 16, 2007 8:46:39 am PDT #1726 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

So, Madonna's brother is a fame-whore? What. a. shock.

Meanwhile, CBS is going to have a treasure hunt.


le nubian - Aug 16, 2007 8:50:39 am PDT #1727 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I flat out refuse to watch the audition footage for American Idol. There is only so much "poking of the mentally ill" that I can handle. I don't set my season pass until 6 weeks after AI starts so I can skip all the audition rounds.


sumi - Aug 16, 2007 10:08:39 am PDT #1728 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I was reading amuse-biatch - lalalala scrolling down and found this picture of Marcel on his Alaskan fishing trip. The blog entry.


kat perez - Aug 16, 2007 2:40:38 pm PDT #1729 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Past seasons of AI had a much better mix of good audition/bad audition footage. Also, bad auditions used to just be bad singers. Last season was a low point, I think, in terms of just picking out truly disturbed people (or those who were not physically attractive - bush baby and the girl with the floor length hair) and inviting America to make fun of them. Not ok. I will howl about the ghetto, wanna be diva who goes off on a cursing rampage when she doesn't make it through because at least she has all of her faculties about her and is just a little delusional about her "talent". But when you ask me to mock a former Special Olympian, you have crossed the line.


le nubian - Aug 16, 2007 2:56:58 pm PDT #1730 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

seriously. I just can't find that entertaining.


kat perez - Aug 16, 2007 3:03:01 pm PDT #1731 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Aww. So cute, all of them. I did not even remember Ashley. And my Chuy. Still stings.

What in the world is Cat wearing?


SailAweigh - Aug 16, 2007 3:06:06 pm PDT #1732 of 23273
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Cat looks like one of those dolls with the crochet skirt that you put over a roll of toilet paper. Not a good look on anybody.