Top chef and other shows WAS :Re: Half-Blood Prince

[sistermagpie]

 Alla:

> And I LOVE What not to wear. I think hosts are hilarious and have 
> great chemistry. But boy oh boy I thought some participants are 
> behaving like complete idiots. I mean, I am sure they are told for 
> example to make a show of fighting for their clothes for viewers' 
> amusement sake, but when some of them starting saying that no, they 
> know better, I just want to slap them LOL.
> 
> I mean, if you are on that show, you obviously do NOT know better, 
so 
> if you decided to participate, how about you shut up and follow the 
> advices of those who DO know better. Again, I understand the part 
of 
> it is for fun and 99% of them follow the advise and do the 
> transformation, etc. But some.... I remember one woman on the show, 
> who had that LOOOONG hair and hairdresser was trying to convince 
her 
> that she really does not look good with the hair of that length. 
and 
> nope, he usually is succesful, but that time he was not, she 
> persisted that hair is what made her unique or something. I was 
just 
> thinking, oh dear, take advantage of that great hairdresser showing 
> you how to wear your hair with style, you absolute dolt.

Magpie:
I remember getting annoyed at that same woman because iirc she was 
chosen because she *volunteered* for it. They had stuff in malls all 
over the country where people went in and said they had problems and 
wanted to be on the show. So I thought it was particularly annoying 
that she insisted on staying with her completely unflattering 
hairstyle--though I know some women do just get into that whole "it's 
my crowning glory" thing when they're enamored of their long hair. I 
also think she wanted the hairdresser to 'do it up' or something and 
I thought, you know, this isn't the 19th century. There aren't really 
all these fashionable ways of putting up waist length hair. And you'd 
probably have a devil of a time trying to do it yourself if you tried 
one of those!

I mean, I don't always agree with the show. Every time they scold 
people for wanting things to be comfortable I roll my eyes. But 
sometimes the contestants bug me. (I agree with all the other shows 
you mentioned too!)

-m