Upon rewatch ...

[apocalypsos]

... more in-depth comments on the first episode of this season of Shear Genius.

-- Two seasons in a row, this season manages to get rid of the most annoying contestant first. That's one of the many reasons why it's awesome. Oh, my God, Oshun, you're deep? Seriously, tell me how deep. Over and over and OVER again.

-- The challenges are still too fantastic for words. Style hair blindfolded? Cartoon characters? Whoever comes up with this shit should get a raise. A big one.

-- I love how Dee mentioned her girlfriend and it was very nice and subtle and yet at the same time very OMG I NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED YOU'RE A LESBIAN.

-- Daniel = Kayne Gillaspie as a hairstylist.

-- I like Kim Vo a lot already, but I have to say that what I see when he's onscreen is what would occur if Patrick Swayze were suddenly thirty years old again and gayer than a pink bag of dildos.

-- Oh, speaking of people who deserve a raise, the person in charge of casting also needs one. God, I love how these contestants are, if possible, twice as bitchy as the ones from last season.

-- One sour note -- who the fuck thinks Lucy van Pelt is sweet and innocent? Have these people read the comic strip at all? The most awesome thing about Lucy is that she's a stone-cold mini-bitch. She's bossy and in a foul mood most of the time and is most well-known for the mean football trick on Charlie Brown and gives out bad psychiatric advice from a booth. I mean, she's got her good points, but COME ON.

-- I love how two minutes into the episode we get a little help in the same game we all play every time a new season premieres on this network, "Find The Straight Guy(s)". Okay, so AfterElton pretty much spoiled that game this season, but STILL.

Comments

[florahart]

I haven't seen this show before, though I just watched the last 15 or so minutes of the replay, because my 12 year old son (the one who is Mr Cool and totally all about the new slang and the jeans that are The Right Kind and everything) left it on when he went to bed, and I just got home. Anyway. He called me at 9:30 (I was at work, meh) to report that since Top Chef was over, he was watching the episodes from last season's Shear Genius to decide if he wanted to watch the new season, and he had come to a conclusion. Here was his conclusion: "You know when Tim Gunn said to that one guy that if Project Runway hadn't turned him gay, nothing would? I think he was wrong. I think Shear Genius actually is the real test there."

*snicker*

[daniidebrabant.livejournal.com]

re: "Lucy"?

We were saying the same thing.

re: Oshun

I just sat there the whole time whenever he'd mention he was 'deep' and go 'lovely pun, moron, but do you not realize that your name is actually that of one of the Orishas? Do you have no idea as to the actual MEANING of your own name?'

Also, much glee that he was kicked off. We were hoping. And to be fair, staring at the screen as he insisted that his craptacularness was all a 'strategy'.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, the best was, "The best finish last." What? No, the best finish first, idiot. That's why they're the BEST.

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

Huh. I was not aware that Oshun was a proper name with religious connotations; I wonder if his parents gave it to him or if that’s his working alias.

Honestly, though, is it just me, or did the guy have EPIC FAIL inscribed in letters of fire across his forehead as soon as he opened his mouth?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Honestly, though, is it just me, or did the guy have EPIC FAIL inscribed in letters of fire across his forehead as soon as he opened his mouth?

Oh, reality show editing. How we love thee.

Seriously, that guy managed to make himself more annoying in an hour than a dipshit like Charlie, and that's saying something. That guy has "reality-show villain" written all over him, and Oshun was worse.

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

who the fuck thinks Lucy van Pelt is sweet and innocent?

THANK YOU! WTF people??

And while I'm not at all sorry to get rid of Ms Sally Shag, Kim's lips frighten me on a deep and fundamental level.

[sylveraven.livejournal.com]

I'd never seen Shear Genius before, but I flipped past it and it looked like Groomer Has It with people, so I figured I'd stop.

And man was I glad! It was so fun! Now I can see what the hype is about.

And I must say I was glad that Oshun left. I hope that it was just really heavy-handed reality tv editing that made him so detestable, and not that he was actually that annoying. Because if he was actually that annoying, I cheer for the other stylists for not stabbing him with their scissors.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's WAAAY too much fun. I mean, they're serious about their craft and yet at the same time they realize exactly how silly this whole premise is. It's awesome. :)

And this is the second season they've managed to dump the most annoying guy first. If you get a chance to see season one -- and if you do, jump on it because you HAVE to see our beloved Tabatha in action -- the first guy they kicked off was this detestable possibly-French guy (way to hang onto your accent there, bub) named Paul-Jean who was a smug bastard and kept saying these horribly snotty things, particularly to Rene. It was an early lesson in the fact that Rene knows all, including who's a douchebag.