Wednesday, September 21, 2005
R U the Lunch?!
While waiting for last night's Rock Star: INXS finale, the editors gathered around to watch the finale of a similar show, TLC's "R U the Girl?" We were in shock. First, the entire show is a fake -- the whole contest wasn't to replace the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (who was to great female wrappers like Roxane Shante what Jonathan Quinn is to Brett Farve), it was to give the winner 1) a spot singing with T-Boz and Chili on a single song which will appear on an upcomming compilation, 2) a chance to perform onstage with them 3) "and after that, who knows?!" So finally T-Boz and Chili come out to do a medly of past hits, and while we realize they haven't performed live in two years, this is the worst lip syncing performance in the new century. First, it's "old school" lip syncing -- the actual studio versions are playing -- they didn't even bother to re-record the "fake live" versions. Second, they're off by a full quarter of a second. It's so embarassing that the producers keep switching the cameras the second either of them turn full-on. Finally the big anouncement and we learn that the apparent "bad but not evil" girl of the series, O'so Krispie. "What does it mean for a girl to be crispy?" one of the editors is asked by a woman friend on the phone. "Heh! Heh! Heh!" responds the editor. "You have no idea, do you?" is heard through the earpiece of the phone. "Uh, not really." Ok, so the new song is coming on and Krispie is O'so invisible as the spotlight stays on T-Boz and Chili until the last 30 seconds, when O'so arrives and starts a rapping. She actually does remind us of Left Eye in both good and bad ways. Then the rap wraps up, the Krispie Clan comes onstage, and T-Boz and Chilli are looking like Jerry Seinfeld did at Kenny Bania when telling him ok, drink up buddy boy because this is the meal!. Fame is o'so fleeting these days.
Still shaking the next day, we needed Monz to keep it real. And he did, with a slightly subpar but still satisfying Turkey Derby from the Corner Bakery.
While waiting for last night's Rock Star: INXS finale, the editors gathered around to watch the finale of a similar show, TLC's "R U the Girl?" We were in shock. First, the entire show is a fake -- the whole contest wasn't to replace the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (who was to great female wrappers like Roxane Shante what Jonathan Quinn is to Brett Farve), it was to give the winner 1) a spot singing with T-Boz and Chili on a single song which will appear on an upcomming compilation, 2) a chance to perform onstage with them 3) "and after that, who knows?!" So finally T-Boz and Chili come out to do a medly of past hits, and while we realize they haven't performed live in two years, this is the worst lip syncing performance in the new century. First, it's "old school" lip syncing -- the actual studio versions are playing -- they didn't even bother to re-record the "fake live" versions. Second, they're off by a full quarter of a second. It's so embarassing that the producers keep switching the cameras the second either of them turn full-on. Finally the big anouncement and we learn that the apparent "bad but not evil" girl of the series, O'so Krispie. "What does it mean for a girl to be crispy?" one of the editors is asked by a woman friend on the phone. "Heh! Heh! Heh!" responds the editor. "You have no idea, do you?" is heard through the earpiece of the phone. "Uh, not really." Ok, so the new song is coming on and Krispie is O'so invisible as the spotlight stays on T-Boz and Chili until the last 30 seconds, when O'so arrives and starts a rapping. She actually does remind us of Left Eye in both good and bad ways. Then the rap wraps up, the Krispie Clan comes onstage, and T-Boz and Chilli are looking like Jerry Seinfeld did at Kenny Bania when telling him ok, drink up buddy boy because this is the meal!. Fame is o'so fleeting these days.
Still shaking the next day, we needed Monz to keep it real. And he did, with a slightly subpar but still satisfying Turkey Derby from the Corner Bakery.
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