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Drunk, drunk, drunkity drunk.
Sep. 17th, 2009 11:41 amOkay, I didn't actually get TOO drunk last night at Jess's flavored vodka party -- you guys, there's ICED TEA FLAVORED VODKA, and I need it like burning -- but I had a couple of cherry limeades and a Jager bomb and then spent most of the rest of the night hanging out with Jess and her new boyfriend (who is too adorable and perfect for her, let me tell you).
It totally made up for her three-hundred pound brother not letting me watch SYTYCD because ... his friends who weren't there would think it meant he sucked cock or something? I don't know, I seriously couldn't dig up the reasoning past all the stupid.
It only took me all morning to get caught up (for the most part) on last night's fannish stuff.
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( SYTYCD )
And you know, watching the show this morning reminded me of what irritated me about a lot of the answers to yesterday's Writer's Block question, because it seemed like a lot of people dismissed the entire reality genre as solely for "attention whores."
Let me use the Emmy nominations for best reality competition to show why that sort of lazy dismissal pisses me off. Three of the nominees -- Project Runway, Top Chef, and American Idol -- require their competitors to have talent, drive, education, and training. Calling them "attention whores" completely dismisses the fact that these people are not the average rubes straight off the street. You can't just drag someone in out of the nearest supermarket and have them cook fine dining, or haul in the first person who crosses your path and have them design a dress or sing on key. It's the same with SYTYCD.
Dancing With The Stars is another one of the nominees, and while the contestants aren't trained professionals, they're all already famous, in their own ways.
In fact, the only nominee in that particular Emmy category that doesn't feature people with special training or people who are already famous -- or both; Top Chef has quite a number of competitors with great credentials in the industry this season -- is The Amazing Race, which -- even at its worst -- is still better-produced, better-edited and more interesting than the majority of scripted television. Take away the games and competitions and it's still a fantastic travel show that presents some exciting parts of the world, people and cultures you may never have gotten a chance to see otherwise.
Reality TV's just like any other genre -- there's some good apples, some bad apples, and a bunch of apples in between. Not every show is Rock of Love, for fuck's sake.
(I feel like doing a reality-television-recommendation post for people who claim not to like reality TV, but I also feel like nobody would bother listening anyway because they're too eager to dismiss any reality TV as cheap and tawdry without giving anything a chance first. Le sigh.)
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Speaking of ...
( Top Chef )
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Oh, and also, Kevin Skinner the country-singing chicken catcher won America's Got Talent.
I'm not the least bit surprised. I'm also not particularly thrilled by the win, either, but what can you do?
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( Glee! )
It totally made up for her three-hundred pound brother not letting me watch SYTYCD because ... his friends who weren't there would think it meant he sucked cock or something? I don't know, I seriously couldn't dig up the reasoning past all the stupid.
It only took me all morning to get caught up (for the most part) on last night's fannish stuff.
*
( SYTYCD )
And you know, watching the show this morning reminded me of what irritated me about a lot of the answers to yesterday's Writer's Block question, because it seemed like a lot of people dismissed the entire reality genre as solely for "attention whores."
Let me use the Emmy nominations for best reality competition to show why that sort of lazy dismissal pisses me off. Three of the nominees -- Project Runway, Top Chef, and American Idol -- require their competitors to have talent, drive, education, and training. Calling them "attention whores" completely dismisses the fact that these people are not the average rubes straight off the street. You can't just drag someone in out of the nearest supermarket and have them cook fine dining, or haul in the first person who crosses your path and have them design a dress or sing on key. It's the same with SYTYCD.
Dancing With The Stars is another one of the nominees, and while the contestants aren't trained professionals, they're all already famous, in their own ways.
In fact, the only nominee in that particular Emmy category that doesn't feature people with special training or people who are already famous -- or both; Top Chef has quite a number of competitors with great credentials in the industry this season -- is The Amazing Race, which -- even at its worst -- is still better-produced, better-edited and more interesting than the majority of scripted television. Take away the games and competitions and it's still a fantastic travel show that presents some exciting parts of the world, people and cultures you may never have gotten a chance to see otherwise.
Reality TV's just like any other genre -- there's some good apples, some bad apples, and a bunch of apples in between. Not every show is Rock of Love, for fuck's sake.
(I feel like doing a reality-television-recommendation post for people who claim not to like reality TV, but I also feel like nobody would bother listening anyway because they're too eager to dismiss any reality TV as cheap and tawdry without giving anything a chance first. Le sigh.)
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Speaking of ...
( Top Chef )
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Oh, and also, Kevin Skinner the country-singing chicken catcher won America's Got Talent.
I'm not the least bit surprised. I'm also not particularly thrilled by the win, either, but what can you do?
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( Glee! )
