It's very hard to have sympathy for people on reality TV because it's 2009, and we all know what the rules are at this point. Perhaps in an earlier time, let's say in a pre-Joe Millionaire world, it might have... CONTINUE READING DUH AFICIONADO MAGAZINE: REALITY TV DESTROYS LIVES»
Posted on September 11, 2009 in , , ,
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Tags: Andy Cohen | Boo! | Bravo | Children | NYC Prep
Huh. You know the Peggy Lee song, "Is That All There Is?" It's a pop cultural examination of jaded disappointment. Back when it was released, in 1969, the year I turned 35, it re-kindled Peggy Lee's career. She won a... CONTINUE READING NYC PREP: SEASON FINALE»
Posted on August 12, 2009 in
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Tags: Assholes | NYC Prep | Rich Kids
Yay! It's finally happening! Tonight is the season finale of NYC Prep, and hopefully maybe just finale finale if we're lucky. It was not cool sitting next to you in biology this year, have a terrible summer, please don't K.I.T.!... CONTINUE READING THE NYC PREP FINALE DRINKING GAME»
Posted on August 11, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Alcohol | Arctic Monkeys | Children | NYC Prep | Rich People
Why are Jessie and Camille cross-eyed? They are both so cross-eyed! Obviously, who cares, God didn't make no junk*, but at the same time, if you knew you were going to be on TV, don't you think you'd get your... CONTINUE READING NYC PREP: MONEY CAN'T BUY NOT BEING THE WORSTNESS»
Posted on August 5, 2009 in
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Tags: Children | NYC Prep
Ugh, Fashion Week. I don't care about Fashion Week when it's actually happening, much less long after the fact as a backdrop for an exploitative summer replacement basic cable reality show about over-indulged children with absolutely no self awareness. As... CONTINUE READING NYC PREP: FASHION WEEK IS FOR CHILDREN»
Posted on July 29, 2009 in
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Tags: Fashion Week | NYC Prep
I will give the children of NYC Prep this: they are very poised and "adult" on camera. High school students are, for the most part, sloppy spazz-attacks, flailing around all over the place with their hormones and their malformed identities... CONTINUE READING NYC PREP: 17 GOING ON 17»
Posted on July 22, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Grammy Awards | NYC Prep | Poverty | Rich People
When the women of the Real Housewives, or anyone on any VH1 show ever, are forced into bizarre social situations (think the traditional final episode dinner party on Housewives, or the Real Chance at Love reunion) the discomfort of it... CONTINUE READING NYC PREP: OH, BABIES, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?»
Posted on July 15, 2009 in
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Tags: Assholes | Children | New York | NYC Prep | Poverty | Rich People
The show opens with PC talking to Jessie and some other girl in either Jessie or that other girl's living room and PC is talking about how he can't wait to go to Cancun to just get away from it... CONTINUE READING NYC PREP: CHRISTMAS IN JULY»
Posted on July 8, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Assholes | NYC Prep | Rich People | Teenagers
OK, this PC business is getting out of control. It's complicated, because he is basically a child, only 18 years old, which is even younger than Soulja Boy (America's Most Public Infant). So, you know, it's like you don't want... CONTINUE READING NYC PREP: GOOD PC HUNTING»
Posted on July 1, 2009 in
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Tags: NYC Prep
NYC Prep is supposed to be real life Gossip Girl. Well, it's not. The thing about selfish, self-involved, back-stabbing, over-indulged high school students who live to fuck and spend their parents money is that without a bunch of completely unrealistic... CONTINUE READING NYC PREP: GET OFF MY TV LAWN»
Posted on June 24, 2009 in
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Tags: Gossip Girl | NYC Prep
