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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]


Jesse - May 14, 2008 8:56:42 am PDT #4850 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I know, I know. But still!


meara - May 14, 2008 8:59:30 am PDT #4851 of 23273

But the thing is, Whitney really sucks! I mean, she's pretty, but her commercial wasn't good, and most all of her pictures they've been like "It's OK because you're pretty, but it's not GREAT"

So it would be a shame if she won just because they want a plus size girl to win.


lisah - May 14, 2008 9:25:55 am PDT #4852 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

Yeah, she's not had a real shining moment at all.

I wish we could all watch together tonight!


meara - May 14, 2008 10:29:47 am PDT #4853 of 23273

I'm just hoping I remember not to click on this thread after it starts on the East Coast and hasn't yet begun here on the West!


Kristen - May 14, 2008 10:31:58 am PDT #4854 of 23273

So Tyra is going to have two new reality shows next season. The untitled one with Ashton Kutcher on ABC and Stylista on the CW.

If "The Devil Wears Prada" were a reality show, it would be STYLISTA. Eleven aspiring fashion enthusiasts vie for a much-coveted editorial job with Elle magazine. They work as assistants to Elle's Fashion News Director, Anne Slowey, a demanding but well-respected fashion icon. The competitors will carry out an assistant task and a fashion editorial assignment in each episode. Each week, in consultation with Elle's Creative Director, Joe Zee, Anne fires one person, until the last assistant standing gets "promoted" to the coveted real-life job opportunity. The grand prize includes a paid editorial position at Elle magazine, a paid lease on a great apartment in Manhattan, and a clothing allowance at H&M, all for one year, valued at $100,000.

I doubt she's appearing on either but she really does want to be the next Oprah mogul, doesn't she?


Jesse - May 14, 2008 12:00:27 pm PDT #4855 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I totally agree with the Fug Girls handicap: [link] Alleged spoilers in the comments. And I forgot how nice both Anya and Whitney look with the dark hair!


Toddson - May 14, 2008 12:22:51 pm PDT #4856 of 23273
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

If Anya wins, does she get her eyebrows back?


Java cat - May 14, 2008 1:10:35 pm PDT #4857 of 23273
Not javachik

It's interesting to think that she didn't even know - hadn't even seen her jury performance or reaction to it from China - if she had won or not the whole time she was in Micronesia.

Oh! This is great info to know, it colors how I see Amanda's last TC performance so very much. Yeah, I thought she had a good chance at winning until she got all doed-eyed and inarticulate at TC. Too bad, but I liked Parvati, too (and also had her name in the office pool, so I won $$!)

Did anyone else watch the David Breashears' documentary Storm over Everest on Frontline last night? I'm so glad he made it. Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air was so well-written, it made you think that his account was What Really Happened Up There (the 1996 Everest summit season that led to many deaths). I was obsessed with the story and read nearly all if not all the books written by others who were there that year, and it was clear that Krakauer was narrowly focused on his experience and on trashing a couple of people in particular, namely Sandy Hill and Anatoli Boukreev. Breashears didn't even mention Krakauer, which I found very interesting.


Sophia Brooks - May 14, 2008 3:01:33 pm PDT #4858 of 23273
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

wrong thread.


Sean K - May 14, 2008 3:02:30 pm PDT #4859 of 23273
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Sophia, you perhaps meant to post that in Movies, yes?