For reasons I'm sure have more to do with money than anything else, they're running the first season of American Idol in syndication. I didn't watch it at the time, so it's pretty amazing to see it now. First, seeing Ryan as a young man on the make is amazing. With him hustling like hell to get into every shot he can it's easy to see how he overshadowed Brian Dunkelman. Well, at least Brian is getting work doing voice overs on these no doubt re-edited episodes. I don't know what it is, but every time I see or hear about Ryan being a little mercenary I love him even more. I just want to pat his egotistical little head.
Second, I never realized all the shenanigans that went on during Kelly's audition. She sang Madonna's "Express Yourself" and in critiquing her Randy, who went first, talked about how he'd worked on that song, which caused Paula and Simon to fake-snore in annoyance. His defense that he loved himself, thanks, had Kelly calling him a star, leading him to switch places with Kelly and "audition" himself. Kelly took his place at the judges' table and they all sent Randy to Hollywood. After all that sillyness—and my goodness, with the eventual winner already showing the personality we all know she has—the three judges sent her through to Hollywood, Simon on the condition that she tell Ryan he needs to redo his highlights. So there was a biscuit for my little shipper soul, too!
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Date: 2006-10-20 05:44 am (UTC)Oddly, Flavor of Love is on right now. Krazee just went home. There's something about white (and by white, I'm going with NOT African American) girls in cornrows that I find absurd for some reason. Perhaps because I associate white girls in cornrows with our county jail -- apparently, cornrows signify acceptance within the jail from the other inmates. Different styles of cornrows signify different levels of authority within the inmates. Isn't that strange/interesting?
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Date: 2006-10-20 01:17 pm (UTC)It was bizarre that he decided that what he wanted to do for the "date" was to take them all to the hairdresser. Deelishus definitely got the best parent date with the dinner and magic show.
It is interesting but doesn't surprise me. People need status markers, and when the obvious ones have been taken away from them, they'll find others.
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Date: 2006-10-20 01:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-20 02:00 pm (UTC)You know, I felt a ton more sympathy for New York watching her mother operate. I mean, how could New York NOT be a batshit insane drama queen with that for a mother? And Flav does love the drama, so his fascination with New York was genuine. If she'd been just dramatic rather than dramatic and controlling, I think he would have chosen her no contest. And part of me wanted him to choose her just to get it out of her system even though it would have been a massive disaster. But he "found out" on that final date, when New York got cocky and let her guard down, so he didn't need to go that far.
I can't wait to see New York on the reunion show, though.