QUIT OR QUIT QUITTING: Weird endings to my two Wednesday 8:00 reality shows, the one about children and the one about pretty adults. In both, a participant just couldn't handle the fishbowl of reality-tv-induced drama, and we got to see two very different reactions to those contestants' attempts to quit: (1) a predictably petty, petulant, self-centered, and childish reaction, exactly what you would expect from a bunch of 11-year-olds; and (2) a mature, thoughtful, empathetic, supportive, and constructive reaction, exactly what you would want from an adult mentor. Of course, the former came from Tyra; the latter came from a bunch of pre-teens and tweens, led by 11-year old Guylan.
The fact is that I would much rather watch a positive-message daytime talk show hosted by DK, yet another in a truly-impressive collection of great kids in the Kid Nation cast (notwithstanding a few understandably childish ones), than one by Tyra. That said, I think ANTM, with its tight structure and small-group dynamic, has been great for Heather, my favorite contestant this season. Tyra has cured autism in record time -- less time than it took her to cure lupus, impetigo, blindness, epilepsy, and low self-esteem, and about as long as it took her to cure bad weaves and Katrina-homelessness -- and Heather is taking phenomenal pictures. I only hope that she isn't getting the peaked-too-soon edit.
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