Friday, April 18, 2008
zabumba
for me: keep the tension. fire hose arms ( no chopsticks or spaghetti). for you: make me feel safe. let me enjoy the music. help me relax. i want to forget about my feet and just be here. i'm trying not to to apologize when i miss-step. i keep doing it anyway. i'll do it less if you tell me me not to worry, or if you say that it's your fault. and if you go back to the basics, i'll think you're genuine.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Bravo
I am so into Bravo. (The television network). I recently went to my parents house, where I go to watch cable when I don't want to go to the gym, which is where I usually watch cable, and I was reminded just how great the station is. Not all of the programming--sometimes they show weird old movies. Un-apologetically this is a long overdue meditation on my infatuation with the reality shows on Bravo.
Yes this really is a post about television and nothing else.
Project Runway, Top Chef, Shear Genius, and now Step it Up in Dance are the shows that I'm the most caught up with. It started with Project Runway, and then I realized they all have the same fabulous format. One of my favorite elements is the catchy phrase that the host says when someone has to leave "Auf Weidersehen, you're out" or "pack up your knives" or "it's time for your last dance"--that one's really a stretch, but what else can Elizabeth Berkley say? "Turn in your tights?" The weird thing is that the dancer who gets kicked off isn't going anywhere. Like there's no reason to go into this random studio with mirrors and do a last dance for the camera in the corner. At least in the other shows the loser goes to their work space to clean it up, there's a purpose of some kind. But with Step it Up they (the producers, the collective "man" of reality tv) were like, "we just need them to do something so we can play a voice over." So, In all fairness the formula is not fool proof. I didn't care for Top Design or Make Me a Super Model. And I don't like the reunion shows before the finale either.
Recently there have been a few pleasant surprises: Millionaire Matchmaker and The Real Housewives of New York City (waaay better than the Real Housewives of Orange County).
I really didn't think I could get sucked into a show that chronicles the ebbs and flows of 5 Manhattan socialites, but I underestimated the genius of Bravo. That tennis match in the Hamptons between Romona and Jill was INTENSE! A fun thing about the show is that all of the women (except for LouAnn who is a countess) are independently wealthy, so at least they're making money for themselves as they're spending copious amounts of it on ridiculous things.
Millionaire Matchmaker is really something special. I'm a sucker for those romance shows (though it's not as much about romance as you'd think, it's more about the skewed self perception of the clients and Patti's very wise, no nonsense correctives, "no, having a stripper pole in your living room will not make a woman feel relaxed"). I digress--does anyone remember the original "Dating Story" on TLC or "Second Chance" also on TLC? There were some beautiful moments there. Anyway, the Millionaires Club is this matchmaking service in LA for really really rich men. Patti Stanger, the show's entrepreneur is a third generation matchmaker--if that doesn't make the show legit, I don't know what does.
Yes this really is a post about television and nothing else.
Project Runway, Top Chef, Shear Genius, and now Step it Up in Dance are the shows that I'm the most caught up with. It started with Project Runway, and then I realized they all have the same fabulous format. One of my favorite elements is the catchy phrase that the host says when someone has to leave "Auf Weidersehen, you're out" or "pack up your knives" or "it's time for your last dance"--that one's really a stretch, but what else can Elizabeth Berkley say? "Turn in your tights?" The weird thing is that the dancer who gets kicked off isn't going anywhere. Like there's no reason to go into this random studio with mirrors and do a last dance for the camera in the corner. At least in the other shows the loser goes to their work space to clean it up, there's a purpose of some kind. But with Step it Up they (the producers, the collective "man" of reality tv) were like, "we just need them to do something so we can play a voice over." So, In all fairness the formula is not fool proof. I didn't care for Top Design or Make Me a Super Model. And I don't like the reunion shows before the finale either.
Recently there have been a few pleasant surprises: Millionaire Matchmaker and The Real Housewives of New York City (waaay better than the Real Housewives of Orange County).
I really didn't think I could get sucked into a show that chronicles the ebbs and flows of 5 Manhattan socialites, but I underestimated the genius of Bravo. That tennis match in the Hamptons between Romona and Jill was INTENSE! A fun thing about the show is that all of the women (except for LouAnn who is a countess) are independently wealthy, so at least they're making money for themselves as they're spending copious amounts of it on ridiculous things.
Millionaire Matchmaker is really something special. I'm a sucker for those romance shows (though it's not as much about romance as you'd think, it's more about the skewed self perception of the clients and Patti's very wise, no nonsense correctives, "no, having a stripper pole in your living room will not make a woman feel relaxed"). I digress--does anyone remember the original "Dating Story" on TLC or "Second Chance" also on TLC? There were some beautiful moments there. Anyway, the Millionaires Club is this matchmaking service in LA for really really rich men. Patti Stanger, the show's entrepreneur is a third generation matchmaker--if that doesn't make the show legit, I don't know what does.
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