46 posts tagged “television”
Kendall is coming over tonight and we're meeting with the director of our stage show. Kendall just made a UCB Harold team, Internet. My girl's a fucking big deal. You don't even know about it. Actually, that's what I was taking her headshot for (she went with the second one, for anyone who hasn't been following in the comments).
Oh, and here's this sweet video we made about being women:
Kendall and I made videos tonight:
If I have to watch one more hour of television, I. Might. Kill. Myself.
So, OK. I see it now.
Seeing these photos makes me think...
"I just like how he's always leaning. Against stuff. He leans great."
Jordan Catalano Changed U 4 Eva
I've been watching Intervention on A&E on and off for years. Today after work I decided to see if I could catch an episode or two on OnDemand.
In case you've never seen the show (and you really should, if not just to reinforce all the reasons you shouldn't smoke crack, do meth, pop oxys, et c.), a camera crew follows an addict for a week or so and then at the end of the week, they stage an intervention with the addicts family and friends. It's usually a roller coaster... Occasionally it seems funny, but most of the time it is just really, deeply depressing.
Of course there's nothing funny about addiction, but occasionally they have a real personality on the show. The best example of this is pointed out on Jezebel, and while there's definitely sadness here at the end of the day, there's also a moment or two where you kind of laugh to yourself and say "That bitch is BUCKWILD."
The episode I watched today, which ended so much more positively than almost any other Intervention I've seen before (and that's why I feel comfortable posting this in the first place), featured a kid named Jake who had a drinking problem as a result of a traumatic childhood incident. Every day he would drink two pints of whiskey and a 12-pack of beer, which would result in him fighting nearly 5 times a week. One fight they documented on the show started with he "flexed" at a dude in a bar where he had presumably been in many fights. The bouncer, who seemed to be a friend, took him outside to put him in a cab, and that's where the shit hit the fan:
Listen, as someone who watched the show, let me tell you... he was indeed flexin'. Definitely flexin'. How many of you have seen a friend get this drunk or have been drunk yourself. It's like you can see his thought process.
Anyway, I'm going to go get drunk with my friends...
Go to Defamer and look at the video still I picked for this post.
Every time I see it, I hear this song in my head:
I would like to start this by saying that I grew up loving Barbara Walters. In third grade, my class stood around in our classroom's book corner and our teacher Miss. Hooper showed us a picture of BW from the 70s and said "This is a very important woman". I still remember that quite clearly. There's no denying she's had a long and successful career and, especially during her early years, she was a trailblazer.
All of that being said, I really would like to urge her to throw in the towel. Maybe it's ageism, but I don't really think so. I think she's just too "in it" and has been for too long. She's completely unrelatable at this point. Her political correctness drives me nuts, but mainly becasue every PC sentence out of her mouth is just DRIPPING with judgment. Barbara, you're seventy-something. Maybe it's time to share an opinion, like, actually. Not with your eyes and posture, but with words. Actual words. Winking and nudging at the audience is as blatant as just saying what you mean, so just say it already.
Also, and my good friends have heard me say it before, she is no longer helping The View serve its purpose anymore. I swear to God she only goes on three times a week to clear her name or clarify something she was misquoted on. Every time she's on she has some public statement she needs to make to clear the air, most typically when she is accused of having a strong opinion on any given topic. The show is called The View, not The Agenda, Barbara. You should know that.
I realize that all of these things I'm complaining about are habits that are a result of her news background. But she doesn't deliver the news as an anchor anymore. She does her interviews and the View and an occasional primetime special, all of which are dripping with her personal touch... but why can't she just say it? I think the fact that one of Barbara Walters' (one of the most respected and cherished news personalities of all time) biggest hurdles in life appearsy to be "honesty" speaks volumes about how information is reported to us. It should be some sort of gigantic red flag to everyone.
