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I don't know if I dreamed it or not, but around 2005ish I could swear that "Who Wants To Be Paris Hilton's Friend" was a reality show. Apparently it actually was a show that went for two seasons (two too many): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1292967/. Imagine being such a sad person that you would compete for the attention and "friendship" of someone as vapid as Paris Hilton.
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BrigadierSensible posted:If we are still whinging on 'Reality TV', can I put forward The Amazing Race. To be fair to the Amazing Race contestants, they were literally in the middle of a race. Don't exactly have the luxury of taking in the sights and sounds when you have to go fast for a prize (which was often some travel package they could actually take their time to enjoy)
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Jan 22, 2021 17:04
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Yeah, being confused why people are racing through locations during a race is kinda silly.
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Jan 22, 2021 17:17
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My favorite episode of Hell's Kitchen was when they had little kids on and seeing Gordon do a complete 180 of his usual persona.
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Jan 22, 2021 17:22
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Kaiser Mazoku posted:My favorite episode of Hell's Kitchen was when they had little kids on and seeing Gordon do a complete 180 of his usual persona. Isn't that Ramsay's usual persona, and the angry swearing British chef is a thing amplified for his Fox shows?
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Jan 22, 2021 17:25
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Imagine being such a sad person that you would compete for the attention and "friendship" of someone as vapid as Paris Hilton. I'm pretty sure Paris Hilton is way the gently caress more self-aware than she acts on most of her shows, with all the fantastically self-deprecating stuff she's done like REPO: The Genetic Opera, that episode of Supernatural, and her Youtube cooking channel.
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Jan 22, 2021 17:29
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Zaroff posted:Isn't that Ramsay's usual persona, and the angry swearing British chef is a thing amplified for his Fox shows? Is it? I only ever watched the Fox shows. Wouldn't surprise me if they played it up, though.
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Rockman Reserve posted:I'm pretty sure Paris Hilton is way the gently caress more self-aware than she acts on most of her shows, with all the fantastically self-deprecating stuff she's done like REPO: The Genetic Opera, that episode of Supernatural, and her Youtube cooking channel. I've heard that it's an act and that she's a lot smarter and less vapid than her persona. e: On the subject of 2000s-era bad reality TV, I have to admit that I watched The Apprentice during the season that Omarosa was on there. I don't even know why; I've always despised reality TV. F_Shit_Fitzgerald has a new favorite as of 17:37 on Jan 22, 2021 |
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Jan 22, 2021 17:34
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Kaiser Mazoku posted:Is it? I only ever watched the Fox shows. Wouldn't surprise me if they played it up, though. IIRC part of his persona is hugely played up but he’s also just genuinely less critical of children and amateurs. It’s the people who claim to be professionals that should know better in his view that really set him off.
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Jan 22, 2021 17:37
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Characters on TV are characters. The word you're looking for is parasocial.
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Jan 22, 2021 17:38
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im a character no amount of reading my dumbass posting will ever let you know me but my character is pretty obvious I think it has to do with limericks
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Jan 22, 2021 17:39
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Paris Hilton was shipped to one of those psychotically abusive camps for a year when she was a teenager and says she still has PTSD from what they did to her. Randomly drugged, kept in isolation for extended periods, and I think there was some sexual abuse as well. Her vapid rich girl persona comes in the immediate context of her getting out of there, so I think it's one of those things where if you dig into it, you're gonna hit some really unpleasant stuff.
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Jan 22, 2021 17:44
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She had a little house made for her pig when he got too big to keep in her purse as opposed to getting rid of him
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Jan 22, 2021 17:47
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verbal enema posted:She had a little house made for her pig when he got too big to keep in her purse as opposed to getting rid of him Sounds like she cares about her pig and has the resources to do it. My cat sleeps eighteen hours a day in a cardboard box that the younger one can't get into.
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Jan 22, 2021 17:50
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ReidRansom posted:Which was ripped off from Downtown Gaki No Tsukai Ya Arahende, a Japanese show you might know from it's 24 hour batsu games done around new year. I wonder if they're still doing those. I know they were when I was there in winter 2016. They are still doing them but its really stale at this point and most of them are too old to do any of the stuff that made the early episodes good. https://www.teamgaki.com/ has subbed versions of them if you want to watch, this years will finish subbing sometime in april, probably edit: ohh yeah, they also had 2 separate uses of Blackface in 2018 and 2016, i think Pead has a new favorite as of 18:11 on Jan 22, 2021 |
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“Paris Hilton was abused and still dealing with the trauma” “Yes but she built a pig house”
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Jan 22, 2021 18:22
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Treating the lives you love and care about with respect is a very very good thing.
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Jan 22, 2021 18:33
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I'm withholding judgment until I know if it's made of straw, sticks, or brick.
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Casnorf posted:Treating the lives you love and care about with respect is a very very good thing. Remember when people made fun of Miley Cyrus when a coyote killed her dog?
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christmas boots posted:“Paris Hilton was abused and still dealing with the trauma” I think the thing about the pig house was being posted as more points in her favor, but it's hard to tell as the post about it held no value judgements.
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Jan 22, 2021 18:42
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rydiafan posted:Remember when people made fun of Miley Cyrus when a coyote killed her dog? I'm too ancient to know about stuff that happened. But I dunno dicks gonna dick.
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Jan 22, 2021 18:42
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Zaroff posted:Isn't that Ramsay's usual persona, and the angry swearing British chef is a thing amplified for his Fox shows? On Master Chef he's one of the nice judges, the italian one is the designated rear end in a top hat.
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christmas boots posted:“Paris Hilton was abused and still dealing with the trauma” Eh I'm not a huge Paris Hilton fan EAT THE loving RICH but I think the fact that she still loves her pig and gave it an appropriate environment to live in is something to give her credit for since most people and celebrities who bought in to the "Teacup Pig" trend abandoned them the first time they weighed more than 8 lbs.
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Kaiser Mazoku posted:Is it? I only ever watched the Fox shows. Wouldn't surprise me if they played it up, though. Then I have good news for you. There are seven episodes; 3 in India, 1 ea. in Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Thailand. Stuff like this is how he got popular enough for Fox to start writing him the big checks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4g_6u9iSg0
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Paris Hilton is also a decent DJ. She’s not going to win any awards or anything, but she puts a lot of effort into it as a craft. As much as I also want to go EAT THE RICH on her, she has always seemed to have business savvy and the ability to work for what she wants to do, and I can respect that.
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Jan 22, 2021 19:38
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Cutthroat Kitchen was a fun show, and more often than not the "sabotages" didn't end up doing anything of real value compared to the chef just forgetting something obvious, like eggs or bread
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PizzaProwler posted:I think the thing about the pig house was being posted as more points in her favor, but it's hard to tell as the post about it held no value judgements. It's possible that I misread the intent of the post, I'll admit.
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The British version of Kitchen Nightmare's is much better. He's not always angry, and even when he is, it's still not played up nearly as much as the American version. And a lot less of those stupid, cliched musical stings that have to accompany everything on American reality TV, like the, "Something tense is happening violin note" or the, "Time passing with quick cuts "karate chopping" sound"
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Eclipse12 posted:Face Off was great, especially early on, but you're right about them pushing too hard with it. There are only so many makeup artists to use as contestants so I feel after awhile the quality began to drop. That, and they tended to overuse challenges involving aliens, monsters, and "evil" versions of normal things. Make a sinister Hansel and Gretel! Next, make a spooky Cinderella! Take a candy and make it... a monster! Season after season, it eventually got stale. These types of makeups give the contestants lots to work with and look impressive, but I can only see so many "This is an alien from an aquatic world!" before I just don't care anymore. One dude who left the show under what I'll refer to as "circumstances", made a movie called "Frankenfake" about his "experiences" on the show, it's a fascinating piece of work, that I've never been able to find online.
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:Paris Hilton is also a decent DJ. She’s not going to win any awards or anything, but she puts a lot of effort into it as a craft. As much as I also want to go EAT THE RICH on her, she has always seemed to have business savvy and the ability to work for what she wants to do, and I can respect that. Paris Hilton is FAR from the worst spoiled/abused reality show celebrity scion of hotel moguls 
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Gordon will abuse anyone who is dishonest or lazy, but is really kind to kids and amateurs. His UK show will have him go play football/soccer with kitchen staff to get to know them, or help them out in small ways. The US shows cut all that and focus on him cracking down on staff. He expects a lot of staff as many chefs do.
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It makes sense that he would behave differently toward a professional chef that stores meat in the cooler above produce than he would to an amateur whose previous culinary experience is "has seen a broccoli"
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well why not posted:Gordon will abuse anyone who is dishonest or lazy I think that's one of my favorite parts of Hell's Kitchen. At least once every single season, someone tries to outwit Gordon, and he sees right through it every loving time.
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I think Ramsey would be fun to hang out with for a day or something. Just sit there chatting about sports and food and see how many times you can make him do his silly laugh. Just kinda seems like a good guy.
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There's a show on Disney+ (I guess it was a NatGeo show?) where Ramsay travels to a location to learn about a very local cuisine from the local expert(s), and it was pretty enjoyable. Ramsay absolutely deferred to the experts in the cuisine and even though it's posited as "Ramsay vs Local Expert" it wasn't ever a competition. If you've got some time between Marvel and Star Wars stuff you should check it out.
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Paris Hilton went through some absolutely traumatic bullshit that I can’t even begin to imagine myself going through. She’s a far stronger person than I’ll ever be for surviving that nonsense. https://www.nbcnews.com/think/amp/ncna1240354 Humerus posted:There's a show on Disney+ (I guess it was a NatGeo show?) where Ramsay travels to a location to learn about a very local cuisine from the local expert(s), and it was pretty enjoyable. Ramsay absolutely deferred to the experts in the cuisine and even though it's posited as "Ramsay vs Local Expert" it wasn't ever a competition. If you've got some time between Marvel and Star Wars stuff you should check it out. This ended up being the first thing I watched on D+. It’s a drat good watch.
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Vandar posted:Paris Hilton went through some absolutely traumatic bullshit that I can’t even begin to imagine myself going through. She’s a far stronger person than I’ll ever be for surviving that nonsense. Thanks for the link. Holy poo poo. Reading that has changed my opinion about Paris Hilton completely. I had never heard that she had gone through that.
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Yeah. Holyfuck!
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I'd also like to add that the whole leak of her sex tape was a horrible sex crime, on top of the abuse she suffered. Amazing she made it through.
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DrBouvenstein posted:The British version of Kitchen Nightmare's is much better. He's not always angry, and even when he is, it's still not played up nearly as much as the American version. The major problem with American reality shows is all the padding. Everything needs 8 recaps and COMING UP segments and part of this is because of commercials but also they seem to assume the audience are really, really stupid. I still don't get why the US Iron Chef needs to have someone explain how the scoring system works. It's a very short segment but it's also completely pointless.
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