Letters to the Editor
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That...is why you fail.
No, not Havrilesky. Given the awful stuff she had to review, she did a fair job. The only thing I can fault her on is her continued affection for Friday Night Lights, an insane show to love, because it is about the two things that were most evil about America before Bush took office; football and small-town life.
Aside from that, what is it possible to say about the dance show? Aside from the fact that fewer people will watch it than the hick football thing? Based on the description, they have the nastiest farewell to a loser since the Executioner used to humiliate and drag contestants off stage at the Apollo. A person has been shot down because of his or her percieved incompetence at a creative act, and then must say farewell with another creative act, which won't get the loser any points or sympathy.
Bravo, The Gay Network That's Not Showtime, has come up with the closest thing to dumping the unconscious body of a reality show loser in a lagoon of pig feces. That will undoubtedly be the next big exit strategy for the next reality show. And it shows how cruel and petty are the producers, the networks that buy these series, and the subhumans who continue to watch.