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Week Around the Ists, November 1–7
Bobby Brown, we love you, but this week marked the debut of the new "America's Next Top Model" cycle, and we must lead with that. Tyra and the J-Boys (Miss J. and Jay) put the aspiring models through a charm school of sorts, in which they wore uniforms and took class photos. Kimberly, a bank teller from Worcester, was cute in a clean-cut, ditzy cheerleader way. She made it to the next round, and Bostonist bets Tyra will make her shave her head in the makeover episode, just to wipe the smile off her face.
But Fatima, of Boston, appears to be the one to beat right now. Her memorable look screams "model!" and the judges told her she looks like Iman. In her interview, she revealed that she underwent female genital mutilation while a child in Somalia, and the experience has been understandably traumatizing. At first, she didn't get along with her model competitors--largely because she comes off as a snob--but she revealed what she's been through, and the other women immediately consoled her. A notable exception was one woman who has not been introduced to the concept of tact and who asked, loudly, "So, does it make you feel like less of a woman?"
Everyone else in the room yelled, "Shut up!"
While Fatima's past guarantees that the producers will have an interest in keeping her on the show, the judges will probably favor her because her look is so unconventional. Then again, if Kimberly shaves her head or gets a crazy makeover, she might get noticed.
Bobby Brown's sleepwalking shenanigans, the depressing "Big Brother," smiles on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," and the new cast of "Beauty and the Geek" after the jump! Image of Fatima from the CW.
Gone Country: Bobby Brown sleepwalked yet again and wound up peeing by his bed. Maureen McCormick, who appears to be in love with Brown in some weird way, was trying to wake him up, and she stepped in Brown's urine. That was bad enough, but then McCormick and Carnie Wilson were trying to wake him up and saw that Brown sleeps partially in the buff, which led to one of the stranger lines to come out of Brown's mouth:
"Marcia Brady saw my log cabin."
The heft of Brown's netherparts prompted Carnie Wilson to make a snake gesture. This is something we didn't need to know. Also worth pointing out--even though some songwriting happened this time, the emphasis was on each contestant cultivating their "country image" and learning to line dance.
Big Brother: The show got even more dramatic as the weird romantic quadrant composed of a secret and then not-secret couple from Ohio, Boston resident/former gambling addict Alison, and some other guy broke up. Jen, the woman from the Ohio couple, and the other guy were evicted, and Alison and Jen's real-life boyfriend from Ohio, Ryan, got to stay on. The show has already had accusations of racism and a nauseating fight with vile language (NSFW!!). While some reality shows have moments of fun that slices through the conniving and gossiping, Big Brother has none of those qualities. It's like watching people at their worst during every last second.
No wonder the ratings are falling as the show goes up against "American Idol"--it's depressing as all hell. Even Celebrity Rehab has moments where people aren't despicable and depressing every single second. Here's hoping Massachusetts contestants Alison and Matt eventually represent well or at least don't look like total sleazeballs.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: To change to the tone to reality TV that isn't totally sleazeball, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" will remodel a home in Maynard so a father can move about the house easily in his wheelchair. The show will air in May.
Beauty & the Geek: The cast has been revealed, and three of the geeks are--shocker!--from Massachusetts. In an even bigger non-shocker, one of them is from MIT. Here they are courtesy of Reality TV World:
--Chris, Cambridge
--Jim, Bedford (with that beard, he looks more like an indie-rocker these days than a geek)
--Tommy, Somerville
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