I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.

Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told 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]


Morgana - Feb 14, 2008 4:18:25 pm PST #3423 of 23273
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber

Are any of y'all watching America's Best Dance Crew? Because it was really one of the best things I've ever seen.

kat, I've been watching it, but I won't see tonight's episode until tomorrow sometime. (Who is this Lil Mama person?) Shane Sparks and JC manage to give intelligent criticism, but I'm not convinced she really belongs out there.


Lee - Feb 14, 2008 8:36:14 pm PST #3424 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Oh my god. Perry is SUCH a manipulative bastard.


sj - Feb 15, 2008 4:02:01 am PST #3425 of 23273
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

A article claiming that the Irish girl on American Idol has already had a record contract. Is it a rule on AI that the contestants had never recorded an album?


brenda m - Feb 15, 2008 4:12:34 am PST #3426 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

Yeah, I heard about that a couple of weeks ago and I'm curious to know how she qualifies.


Jesse - Feb 15, 2008 4:15:53 am PST #3427 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh my god. Perry is SUCH a manipulative bastard.

I thought I was going to jump through the TV when he was on the phone with his girlfriend. Yuk.

Am I crazy, or did like nothing actually happen on that episode? I feel like usually there are more different activities.


Amy - Feb 15, 2008 4:20:32 am PST #3428 of 23273
Because books.

Yeah, last night's was boring, Jesse. And Perry was so icky on the phone. I've lost all my Perry love, even though I still think he'll make it to the finals.


Jessica - Feb 15, 2008 4:27:59 am PST #3429 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Is it a rule on AI that the contestants had never recorded an album?

I think the rule is you can't have had a record contract in the last 5 years, or something - it's not "never" but there's definitely a time limit.


lisah - Feb 15, 2008 5:00:13 am PST #3430 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

I thought I was going to jump through the TV when he was on the phone with his girlfriend. Yuk.

Yeah, that was reallly unpleasant.


kat perez - Feb 15, 2008 9:26:21 am PST #3431 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

The Perry situation with his girlfriend was so unpleasant. I don't want to see obnoxious assholes emotionally abusing their significant others on my TV, Bravo. He is foul.

Ben's reaction to his wife's video Valentine was the least enthusiastic thing I've ever seen. As opposed to the happy, happy man hug he laid on Ronnie when he came back from the elimination. Frankie continues to be a tool, but I did give him a grudging chuckle for putting on the Flava Flav clock. I don't know who I want to go home this week. Honestly, I like both Stephanie and Ronnie, and Frankie is so pretty.

(Who is this Lil Mama person?)

She sings that song "Lipgloss" which you may not know unless you spend a lot of time listening to Z100 (substitute your local urban radio station's call numbers here). I think she's actually a really good judge (if a little bit obssessed with arm movements). In fact, I think all three are great because they judge and give real critiques about the dancing. It's not all Paula-fied platitudes or Crazy Mary Murphy screams. If you were good, they give props. And if you were bad, they will call you on it.

I'm in love with that Jabbawocky group (the ones with the masks). Their choreography is insanely difficult and they always pull it off and are super clean and perfectly synchronized. The hair flinging girl group (Femme Five), the skaters, and the group headed up by that guy from the SYTYCD Vegas round (hip-hopper asked to swing dance in Round One audition) can go home any time now. Uninspiring choreography each week and sloppy execution. And of course the skaters don't really dance, so there's that.


brenda m - Feb 15, 2008 9:35:59 am PST #3432 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 caught a little bit of Perry's call when I was flipping channels and decided I could wait on watching the ep for a while. But it is kind of interesting - is this the first reality show of this type playing out in real time? (BB is real time, but they don't have much (any?) interaction with the outside. Idol is real time, but not this kind of fishbowl reality show.) It does seem to change the dynamic a lot WRT people's outside relationships.