The Bachelor: Reasons Not to Watch
ABC’s The Bachelor makes another appearance and only 15 minutes in, I’m reaching for my book. With 7+ Bachelor seasons, it appears that ABC is doing nothing to shake up or ditch this biannual event that portrays women as caddy, cunning and evil all in the name of “love.” Despite this, other reasons exist on why this show should be pulled from the fall ’10 lineup. 1. Host, Chris Harrison claims that “this is the most dramatic rose ceremony ever.” Hello, ABC, this does not work anymore and this is like walking through the airport as the TSA warns us the threat level is orange. No one is listening—we’ve heard it so many times we now tune it out. 2. It’s a racisit show. Have they ever had a black bacelor or...
Read MoreIn Memoriam: The TV Theme Song
The death of the TV theme song is imminent. We’re five weeks into the fall TV season and the trend to cut the opening theme song and credits in favor of dialogue continues to dominate new shows. This trend saddens me. I can still sing every word of Laverne and Shirley and Happy Days. So as a tribute, I’m posting a few of my favorites....
Read MoreOne of the 1 Billion
Today, I became part of the 1 billion people that watched the Michael Jackson Memorial. This after, an e-mail from the Staples Center, “Sorry, we regret to inform you that your registration to attend the public Michael Jackson Memorial was not selected.” Okay, so maybe I was planning to sell my ticket to pay off a credit card, but it didn’t mean I wasn’t intrigued by the hype of the event. Thanks to an early meeting with a future client, I made it home just in time to see the casket rolling in alongside Michael’s band of brothers adorning the iconic sequined, one-glove; and all this to the tune, “Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King.” A creepy, eerie feeling overwhelms me and I begin to wonder if they were implying MJ was the king or was...
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