CNTM: Good lord, why isn’t this damn show over yet?

You know, usually with Top Model cycles I fall prey to some sort of Stockholm Syndrome by the last few episodes, and end up kind of liking the bitchy contenders despite myself. Not so with this group – their meanness and racism isn’t amusingly outrageous, it’s just unpleasant. CNTM isn’t even a so-bad-it’s-good guilty pleasure [...]

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CNTM: New York, Old Jerks

The Fringe Festival is on in Toronto, so I have other things to care about besides this show that makes me want to stab myself in the cheek. I even forgot to tape last week’s episode. But the show I was going to go to tonight was sold, out, so I’ve got a spare minute [...]

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CNTM: Haircuts and (not very many) tears

It’s makeover day! You know what that means: 1. an awkwardly staged series of puns that are entirely unrelated to makeovers (in this case, Jay as a judge, ’sentencing’ each girl to a particular look). 2. No mirrors and a lot of shrieking. 3. Totally graceless product placement (AS IF any salon is actually using [...]

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Canada’s Next Top Polite Anorexic: Episode One (or, Canada has a lot of ice and wolves, eh?)

Except that what passes for reality tv bitchiness in Canada is a far cry from the brasher American brand. They’re really just nice, if somewhat misguided, girls from places with low population density. The third cycle of Canada’s Next Top Model premiered last night, so long after the second cycle that I don’t even remember [...]

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