Comments on: Why? (Real Housewives of Orange County) http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/03/07/why/ culture blogging for the good of the planet Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:18:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jess http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/03/07/why/#comment-45359 Jess Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:12:52 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/03/07/why/#comment-45359 Good points. Maybe season 3 will be better now that they're enrolled in that Adventure Bootcamp with fitness pro John Spencer Ellis! I think a 5:30am butt-kicking is exactly what these ladies need. Not a complete reality call, but John's bootcamp is going to make them work hard (for once)! Good points.

Maybe season 3 will be better now that they’re enrolled in that Adventure Bootcamp with fitness pro John Spencer Ellis!
I think a 5:30am butt-kicking is exactly what these ladies need. Not a complete reality call, but John’s bootcamp is going to make them work hard (for once)!

]]> By: Jennifer http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/03/07/why/#comment-1078 Jennifer Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:36:25 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/03/07/why/#comment-1078 I, unfortunately, have seen it. I thought I might need some Ipecac to rid my soul of its poison, but then found the show to have the same effect as Ipecac... I'll wait for Project Runway! What would Tim Gunn say to these ladies?!?!? I, unfortunately, have seen it. I thought I might need some Ipecac to rid my soul of its poison, but then found the show to have the same effect as Ipecac…

I’ll wait for Project Runway! What would Tim Gunn say to these ladies?!?!?

]]> By: Claire http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/03/07/why/#comment-1076 Claire Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:47:11 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/03/07/why/#comment-1076 Ha! I haven't watched it, but must change the channel each time an ad for it comes on. I think the one blond (the one in the top middle) sounds just like Derek Zoolander. What's with Bravo, anyway? There are some good shows and some truly appalling ones. It runs so hot and cold for me. Ha! I haven’t watched it, but must change the channel each time an ad for it comes on. I think the one blond (the one in the top middle) sounds just like Derek Zoolander.

What’s with Bravo, anyway? There are some good shows and some truly appalling ones. It runs so hot and cold for me.

]]> By: Viscount LaCarte http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/03/07/why/#comment-1075 Viscount LaCarte Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:50:44 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/03/07/why/#comment-1075 Excellent. I hope you don't mind me using this as an excuse to make a point that I made some time ago with <a href="http://viscountlacarte.blogspot.com/2005/10/money-talks.html" rel="nofollow">this post </a>, which is basically in America we are raised to believe that money can buy more than material things. I'll never forget on one of my business trips to England, one of the other Americans asked a woman after she made some remark, "Don't you want to be rich one day?" and she said something like, "No, I don't particularly like rich people - why would I bloody want to be like <em>them?</em> Excellent. I hope you don’t mind me using this as an excuse to make a point that I made some time ago with
this post , which is basically in America we are raised to believe that money can buy more than material things.

I’ll never forget on one of my business trips to England, one of the other Americans asked a woman after she made some remark, “Don’t you want to be rich one day?” and she said something like, “No, I don’t particularly like rich people - why would I bloody want to be like them?

]]> By: Tom Watson http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/03/07/why/#comment-1068 Tom Watson Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:57:32 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/03/07/why/#comment-1068 You know, someone should write an article on story-telling on "reality" shows - because that's what it is. Liss, you're right about Beauty and the Geek - I got sucked in by the editing, by the story. Which, of course, was only semi-real - people in an unnatural situation playing characters they think they should play. What a strange art form! Great post, btw, but in the context of this particular series I got a strange mental image at your phrase "waxing political." You know, someone should write an article on story-telling on “reality” shows - because that’s what it is. Liss, you’re right about Beauty and the Geek - I got sucked in by the editing, by the story. Which, of course, was only semi-real - people in an unnatural situation playing characters they think they should play. What a strange art form!

Great post, btw, but in the context of this particular series I got a strange mental image at your phrase “waxing political.”

]]> By: Melissa McEwan http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/03/07/why/#comment-1067 Melissa McEwan Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:46:32 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/03/07/why/#comment-1067 Thank you, S-Cubed. If you watch, I recommend keeping remote in-hand, for quick channel changing in the event of a flash flood of regret. Thank you, S-Cubed.

If you watch, I recommend keeping remote in-hand, for quick channel changing in the event of a flash flood of regret.

]]> By: Self Styled Siren http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/03/07/why/#comment-1066 Self Styled Siren Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:18:49 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/03/07/why/#comment-1066 Brilliant post. I enjoyed every line. I have not seen this show, but confess that now my curiosity is piqued, just a little. Brilliant post. I enjoyed every line. I have not seen this show, but confess that now my curiosity is piqued, just a little.

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