Thursday, December 11, 2008

'STEFAN,' IT'S FINNISH FOR 'JACKASS': Okay, the guy is good television, what with the constant provocations and the "I MAKE GOOD BABY" t-shirt. He is a good strategist, with the constant undercutting of, well, everyone around him. He is a good gamester with a good palate as well. Still, I did want Jamie to punch him in the face. Her analysis that he's "a button-pusher" is dead on, and the edit showed her more amused than harassed, but I would have found a little direct physical correction appropriate and reassuring. What kind of man corners an avowed lesbian with bargaining for a kiss in such an uncomfortable manner that a fraggle has to come swat him away with book? The kind of man who married and divorced the same woman twice and still calls her a "chick" on internationally syndicated cable television. Yech.

Speaking of fraggles, "hootie-hoo"?? Muppetier and muppetier! How much more muppety could it be? The answer is none. None more muppety. ...unless of course there is a kids episode later in the season and costumes are involved.

Good quickfire this week with really good challenges where, for once, the drama about the elimination got me right in the gut. The arguments for sending Gene home were all there, and I was shocked to discover that deep within all my vortices of snark and bile there is still a small kernel of something human that cares about the outcome of reality television shows.

But enough of that. Does anyone think it's plausible that Danny shoved those inexplicable notches in his beard so that he wouldn't look too much like the other large bearded cheftestant? Is that giving him too hard a time? I believe he did show up with a full beard, and the notches appeared only after they got to the residence.

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