Thursday, March 26, 2009
Modelville
Well, another season of Top Model is upon us, complete with the promotional street fracas to get us all back into the mood. Leave it to Tyra to get thousands of women under 5'7" to claw at each other in the streets.
At this point I usually make some predictions, but after last cycle's lackluster performance, I am loath to go on the record. Burn survivor Thalia certainly has the drama points as the saddest sad that ever sadded, but she's likely more of a sideshow than an ultimate victor. Natalie seems to actually take good pictures, but they've already branded her with the "no personality" label, which will almost certainly result in a slow descent into madness. Sandra is a huge bitch and from Africa -- a combination that has proved winning in the past -- but it seems unlikely she can survive the blond jheri curl they've stuck her with. And Celia I am pretty sure is a man. So I don't know. Frankly, the only one of them I care for at all is Fo, and even she upsets me by not being Asian.
All in all a pretty lackluster season so far. Wednesday did have an awesome moment where Tyra verbally smacked a girl down for tattling on another one, but that's about it. We could really use a Jade or a Melrose or, heck, even a Renee. And also the televised shaming of Benny Ninja. Seriously, is it too much to ask?
Well, another season of Top Model is upon us, complete with the promotional street fracas to get us all back into the mood. Leave it to Tyra to get thousands of women under 5'7" to claw at each other in the streets.
At this point I usually make some predictions, but after last cycle's lackluster performance, I am loath to go on the record. Burn survivor Thalia certainly has the drama points as the saddest sad that ever sadded, but she's likely more of a sideshow than an ultimate victor. Natalie seems to actually take good pictures, but they've already branded her with the "no personality" label, which will almost certainly result in a slow descent into madness. Sandra is a huge bitch and from Africa -- a combination that has proved winning in the past -- but it seems unlikely she can survive the blond jheri curl they've stuck her with. And Celia I am pretty sure is a man. So I don't know. Frankly, the only one of them I care for at all is Fo, and even she upsets me by not being Asian.
All in all a pretty lackluster season so far. Wednesday did have an awesome moment where Tyra verbally smacked a girl down for tattling on another one, but that's about it. We could really use a Jade or a Melrose or, heck, even a Renee. And also the televised shaming of Benny Ninja. Seriously, is it too much to ask?
