PATHETICALLY TIRED REALITY-TV CONCEPTSWith the gauntlet of advertising one has to contend with in the subways, probably the most banal has to be those for the reality-based TV shows that seem to be pulled steaming hot from a bottomless anal cavity of mediocrity.
Granted, I don’t watch TV so I’m basing my impression on the conclusion that people are phasing out daily reality in general for the convenience of packaged experience. This one about Ace Of Cakes is described on the Food Network website as thus:
By shaping cakes with drill saws and blow torches and staffing his bakery with fellow rock musicians, Duff Goldman is not your typical baker. Yet he's one of the most sought after cake makers in the country. From a tilted Dr. Seuss-like-seven-tiered-wedding cake to an almost perfect replica of Wrigley Field, he and his team of artists dish up sugar and spice in the most unexpected and entertaining ways.
This might be good for a one-time episode but it seems excessive to actually create an entire series about it. Then again it’s not really so much the cakes as the bakers: tattooed indie-rocker types with a flair for channeling their desperate desire for individuality into something someone will recognize their efforts for.
Repeat the mantra “Please look at me… I’m special! I want.. I NEED a TV show!”
And so I’ve come up with a few other ideas for shows to join Top Chef, Top Design, Project Runway and the rest of their ilk.
HIGH HEAL: Four practitioners of a Non-Western medicine: An acupuncturist, a Reiki Master, a Homeopathic doctor and a Masseuse put their skills to the test each week trying to cure the baffling non-surgical malaise put before them.
100 PROOF SPIRIT: A Christian, a Jew, a Buddhist and a Muslim attempt to salvage, sooth and save the remnants of each episode’s tortured soul. Can they reveal the light within before it’s too late?
NEEDLES AND PINS: A knitter, an embroiderer, a seamstress and a crochet enthusiast work against time to create the perfect handmade ensemble before a desperate shopper resorts to buying straight off the rack.
Of course all these people must be young, quirky and ultimately at odds with one another. If there wasn’t some sort of conflict involved then it just wouldn’t be interesting would it.
Granted, I don’t watch TV so I’m basing my impression on the conclusion that people are phasing out daily reality in general for the convenience of packaged experience. This one about Ace Of Cakes is described on the Food Network website as thus:
By shaping cakes with drill saws and blow torches and staffing his bakery with fellow rock musicians, Duff Goldman is not your typical baker. Yet he's one of the most sought after cake makers in the country. From a tilted Dr. Seuss-like-seven-tiered-wedding cake to an almost perfect replica of Wrigley Field, he and his team of artists dish up sugar and spice in the most unexpected and entertaining ways.
This might be good for a one-time episode but it seems excessive to actually create an entire series about it. Then again it’s not really so much the cakes as the bakers: tattooed indie-rocker types with a flair for channeling their desperate desire for individuality into something someone will recognize their efforts for.
Repeat the mantra “Please look at me… I’m special! I want.. I NEED a TV show!”
And so I’ve come up with a few other ideas for shows to join Top Chef, Top Design, Project Runway and the rest of their ilk.
HIGH HEAL: Four practitioners of a Non-Western medicine: An acupuncturist, a Reiki Master, a Homeopathic doctor and a Masseuse put their skills to the test each week trying to cure the baffling non-surgical malaise put before them.
100 PROOF SPIRIT: A Christian, a Jew, a Buddhist and a Muslim attempt to salvage, sooth and save the remnants of each episode’s tortured soul. Can they reveal the light within before it’s too late?
NEEDLES AND PINS: A knitter, an embroiderer, a seamstress and a crochet enthusiast work against time to create the perfect handmade ensemble before a desperate shopper resorts to buying straight off the rack.
Of course all these people must be young, quirky and ultimately at odds with one another. If there wasn’t some sort of conflict involved then it just wouldn’t be interesting would it.
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