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Posted Sep 11th 2008 8:38AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Project Runway, Episode Reviews
(S05E09) My last review began oh-so bluntly with "I am so full of anger", which was a pretty good summation of the grumpiness that would follow. This episode triggered some very familiar feelings and, while some of you thought I was being a little too hard on the designers, especially Kenley, I can't see how anyone could wonder why after this episode. Don't get me wrong, I'm still a
Project Runway fan. If I only half-cared for it, the drop in quality of this show would not affect me quite as badly. But when a show I love so much and have constantly praised and confidently recommended takes such a sharp drop within one year, it's disappointing, to say the least.
As horrible as it sounds, I'm actually looking forward to the Lifetime move now,
despite my earlier worries, because at least
PR will be on a network that wants them around. The same can not be said for Bravo, which is currently treating
PR like it's the ex that still has to live in the apartment because they're legally obligated to finish paying half this year's rent.
Continue reading Project Runway: What's Your Sign?
Posted Aug 28th 2008 8:22AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Project Runway, Episode Reviews
(S05E07) Wow, this season's designers are an emotional little bunch, aren't they? There's a lot of whining, a lot of complaining, a lot of talking behind each others' backs. These kids make me feel like I'm in high school all over again, except everyone is somehow even more poorly dressed and misinformed about aesthetics. The designers also seem increasingly insecure about their own work and this challenge did their fragile states no favors. Charged with the mission to grab materials from cars and make something wearable, you'd probably get a little grumpy too.
Continue reading Project Runway: Fashion that Drives You
Posted Aug 21st 2008 9:43AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Project Runway, Episode Reviews
(S05E06) Sadly enough, I think this was the first time I've had fun watching the fifth season. That's right: it took drag queens to get me excited about
Project Runway again. Actually, I think Bravo should dump all of those ridiculously uninteresting faux-
PR shows like
Shear Genius and
Top Design and make a spin-off all about designing stuff for drag queens and kings. It could be set in Baltimore's Hampden and be hosted by John Waters and/or RuPaul. That would be infinitely better than watching Jaclyn Smith make weak attempts at passing constructive criticism to beauty school drop-outs playing with safety scissors. Ahem. I'm sorry. Can you tell I'm not that fond of
Shear Genius?
Continue reading Project Runway: Good Queen Fun
Posted Aug 14th 2008 8:23AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Project Runway, Episode Reviews
(S05E05) In this episode, Brooke Shields stopped by to have the designers make something for her character to wear in the new season of
Lipstick Jungle. Two things surprised me. A)
Lipstick Jungle hasn't been canceled yet and B) Brooke Shields still looks fantastic. Maybe it's because I wasn't watching in HD, but still.
For the first time this season, the designers were broken into teams for the challenge. Last season, it seemed like the majority of the season consisted of team challenges, so I was surprised that it took five episodes before they got around to it for this group. I guess I was surprised by a lot of things in this episode.
Continue reading Project Runway: Welcome to the Jungle
Posted Aug 7th 2008 8:42AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Project Runway, Episode Reviews
(S05E04) Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have witnessed the beginnings of a new low in
Project Runway. I don't recall ever seeing a group of designers so completely miss the mark in a challenge. Most of the outfits weren't atrocious as straight-up garments, but in the context of the challenge, all of them were terrible in one way or another.
I think my horror is fully justified, as this is the first challenge in which a freakin' skort was in the top three. A skort. The very thought of a skort makes me want to set a Limited Too alight, so imagine the severe trauma that ensued after I ever-so briefly entertained the idea of America's top athletes representing the country in front of the rest of the world... wearing freakin' skorts. I have a mess to clean up.
Continue reading Project Runway: Rings of Glory
Posted Jul 31st 2008 9:02AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Project Runway, Episode Reviews
(S05E03) Question: What were the judges smoking in this episode? More specifically, were they smoking one of the hideous creations from this challenge?
This challenge was pretty straightforward, as the designers were dropped off at different locations in a rainy New York City and told to pull inspiration from their surroundings. NYC streets at night are rough and sleek and bright and dark, all at the same time. But looking at this episode's outfits, you'd never know. In fact, you'd probably be too scared to step foot in the Big Apple ever again, for fear of being mauled by psychedelic, leggy, cha-cha-ing monsters.
Continue reading Project Runway: Bright Lights/Big City
Posted Jul 25th 2008 1:17PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Project Runway, Episode Reviews
(S05E02) First of all, I thought last week lacked a fancy new intro because the episode was packed the rafters with new season goodness. However, since we got nothing again, I suppose this was just another instance of Bravo not caring enough to give the show the love it deserved.
Secondly, I have decided that I don't have a favorite this season, just some people that annoy me less than others. Everyone is so self-conscious this time around. I pray that Blayne leaves the show soon, just so this "-licious" craze he is attempting to jump-start will die a quick death. Plus, I'm tired of adjusting my display to make sense of his tan.
Continue reading Project Runway: Grass is Always Greener
Posted Jul 17th 2008 12:31AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Project Runway, Episode Reviews
(S05E01) Despite Bravo's ridiculously shoddy half-attempts to advertise the new season and my sour disappointment in the last group designers, I tuned in for a fifth go at
Project Runway. Fingers crossed that I don't hate the world when this is all over.
Before we jump into the episode itself, I must rant. Yes, "must". As we all know,
Runway is moving from
Bravo to Lifetime after this season. I don't believe this is a smart move for the show, and it looks like Bravo is pretty annoyed about it too. Instead of overloading the media with promotional material weeks and weeks in advance to get hype in the system like they usually do, they didn't release designer bios and photos until days before the premiere. Plus, they've posted a full episode guide online, revealing all the guest judges. The season is barely off the ground and Bravo is insanely bitter that
Runway isn't its baby anymore.
Continue reading Project Runway: Let's Start from the Beginning (season premiere)
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