2003-04-10
3:53 p.m.

The Skank Factor

Yeah, so, totally horrified by last night's "elimination" show....pretty much from start to finish.

First, there was that little Public Display of Affection between our boy and She Who Speaks Fluent Goat. Literally made me squawk with a combination of horror and righteous indignation. Is it staged? Is it for real?! Who cares � I simply don't want to be subjected to such gratuitous displays anymore because they're just creepy.

And then....the group numbers. Anyone else here get bad, bad flashbacks of high school show choir watching those things? Really, they're quite sad to watch: Wheeee! Step-together-step! Now pivot and turn! Run out into the audience and interact with the little girls holding the posterboard signs! Whoops � don't let �em grab you there! Don't forget to SMILE! Shake it like you just don't care, kids; it's not like one of you is going to get jettisoned at the end of the show or anything.

Also way up high on the Creep-Out Factor: do they make each contestant film their "farewell" montage ( "I want to thank America for getting me this far; it's been amazing!") ahead of time? Isn't that a little bit like being asked to write your own obituary?

I, too, have been both shocked and awed by the indefatigable fact that both Carmen and Kim C. have festered up on that stage for as long as they have. It's the whole Nikki McKibbin thing all over again: week after week, Paula and I would shriek in outrage every time that caterwauling Hot Topic (Be a punk....or just look like one!) poster girl made the cut.....all the way to the top three.

America loves them some skanks, apparently.

Discuss.

-Lisa