at the outset, it seemed that this was going to be the film equivalent of project runway. i had anticipated a behind the scenes look at how directors handle the pressure of new weekly assignments. i wanted to marvel at the editing sensibilities of one and the great visual style of another.
instead, i got a "results show" with inane banter and excruciatingly rude time delays before the losers were booted off.
i don't want to hear half an hour's worth of reminders of the number i should text message to keep my favourite person in. i don't want "america to decide" . i want a panel of people who do the job and aren't personally related to the contestants give them real feedback!
i want to see these people, who all have some talent, inspire me to push myself harder creatively. i have no interest in hearing about their home towns or watching them squirm when placed in the bottom three.
i suppose i should have known better when it was revealed that carrie fisher was to be one of the judges. i like that they wanted a woman on the panel, but why not get a female director? why not an actress who has worked in the past decade?! this ridiculous, "paula factor" where a token untalented woman exists solely to say something kind to the one who bombed, drives me mental. grr!!
gotta run, canada's next top model starts tonight. now that's a formula i can live with!
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