IMHO — THIS WEEK IN GAY TV
Sorry folks, but no ATWT or Forbidden Love this week. Just haven't had time to watch the clips. Too busy watching hot guys in wet Speedos Olympic athletes proudly represent their countries.
KATHY GRIFFIN: MY LIFE ON THE D-LIST: Is
this the best reality show ever? No, seriously, can you think of one
better? Not just individual episodes, but a whole show? Kathy’s trip to
perform for the vets at Walter Reed Hospital — the season finale — was,
by turns, hilarious, tension-filled, and touching. For the record, I
suspect that many of the times that Kathy is “bombing” at a gig is
merely fancy editing, to show Kathy “rising and conquering” later on.
But I don’t care. Manipulate the hell out of me, My Life on the D-List, I’ll always come back for more!
SKINS: I’m speechless. I hated this show. I hated my television after watching this show. I also refuse to believe this meandering, sloppily written U.K. show about vile, self-centered teens says anything interesting today’s teenagers, except that they, like adults, are susceptible to programming that panders to their worst instincts and reinforces their most superficial impulses. Dawson’s Creek, possibly the worst television show ever made, was popular with teenagers too, but I’ve never seen a teenager act or talk like any of those characters. Skins is bad in a totally different way, but just as non-representative of the actual teenagers I know. (Folks tell me that you can't judge this show from its first two episodes--you have to watch a season or two. And I will...I promise I'll get to it by 2018.)
MILLION DOLLAR LISTING: I wasn’t sure whether to give this an “up” arrow or a “down” arrow, since I hate the show, but it does have a certain “train wreck” quality about it. Michael and I watch, disgusted, trying to figure out which real estate agent is the bigger a-hole: Chad, who seems to have the self-awareness of a slime-mold, or Josh, whose hair has this Picture of Dorian Gray reflective quality about it — the jerkier he acts, the more ridiculous it becomes. At least bi guy Madison seems decent enough.
SWINGTOWN: Admittedly, this was a boring episode, which is saying something since Tom, Trina, Susan, and Bruce end up in a fourway in the pool. I didn’t even remember that until I re-read the recap over at TelevisionWithoutPity.com! In other words, whoever said this is a G-rated show about an R-rated subject was spot-on. But I’m totally in love with Michael Rady, and any episode that features him shirtless automatically gets an “up” arrow. And I literally lived the kids’ strip-poker scene, ratty Hanes underwear and all. Better still, it’s nice to see some movement on the closeted-gay-fourteen-year-old front.
THE BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES: Canada's Alexandre Despatie medalling in Men's Diving. 'Nough said.
Despatie is a hottie!
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TORI & DEAN: HOME SWEET HOLLYWOOD: This is one of those shows where I tuned it once, found it unexpectedly entertaining, put it on my Tivo, and have been fast-forwarding through it ever since. Every episode since that first one has been boring! This week, they did a "clip show" look back at the whole season, and I was reminded just how boring it all was. Does it make me a terrible person that babies and children pretty much bore the hell out of me? Note to parents everywhere: your kid is exactly like every kid on the planet, and the only reason other parents pretend to care is so they can go on and on about their kids. Us kidless folks don't have that grace. (Note to my friend Marcy — yes, your kid is the one exception).
THE CHO SHOW: I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it. The show suffers in comparison to My Life on the D-List (see above), which it seems too similar to (the assistent! the parents! the lame gigs!). But I adore Margaret, so I'm willing to go along for the ride.
SHEAR GENIUS: I was sorry to see Daniel go. Honestly, how can you not like the guy?
And it's true, Dee's hairstyles are all the same. Isn't the job of a
stylist to work with the client, not impose your will on his or her
head? Not a great episode, and incidentally what does "avante-garde"
mean in hairstyles anyway? Make it look like a tornado hit a rat's nest?
Next page! The shows we'll rate next week!
