...but I still watch. Cheesy? Yes. Predictable? For sure. Pure brainless fluff? Big fat yes. That doesn't, however, explain how this show has survived for the many years it has. For all their efforts to be new and fresh every cycle, how many "most dramatic rose ceremony yet" 's can we possibly be forced to anticipate and then be let down by when they fall woefully short? I'm all for happy endings, but it's not like the show has a great success rate for forming lasting relationships, let alone marriages. I have predicted the final 2 or 3 guys/girls standing with nearly 100% accuracy every time, and have been nearly as successful at predicting who would be broken up within 6 months or before the show even airs (sorry Melissa). I have managed, on an intimate yet completely shallow level to form strong opinions on people I really have no investment in. But then that's the show. Intimate yet shallow. Why do I and so many others waste the time?
This season, there's Ali. She's fine. She wasn't my first choice to be the Bachelorette (shout out to Gia), but there have been far more blondes on this show than brunettes, so I'm not surprised.
So 25 guys, blah, blah, blah... I don't care about seeing all of them in their shirtless glory. I'm looking for the weirdest of the weird, maybe a Canadian to route for, and the most normal 1 or 2 guys there. The cocky or meat head guys that are there for the exposure or drama, (ie, the ones acting like catty girls) walking around with their chests puffed out, tail feathers a-swaying, they're basically white noise to me.
So this time around, here's my take:
Justin, Canadian boy, I think genuine but clueless and (to some, not me) cute, will be gone shortly.
(I sort of wanted cartoon-villain-hair Canadian Craig to stick around and have a most dramatic hot tub fight scene ever, but no luck there).
Jonathan, aka weatherman, gay, or at least undecided. You heard it here first.
Frank, a little too attached too soon, destined for the friend zone.
Ty... Guitar serenade? Seriously?
Jesse, the lights are on, but alas, I fear no one is home.
Kasey, sounds like a frog with porridge caught in his throat, and Ali would be begging him to never speak again, inside of 3 months.
It's going to boil down to Roberto and Chris L. in the end. Roberto has the best smile there, and seems real and cool. Cape Cod Chris was my first pick right out of the limo, normal, understated, tall and subtly smart-funny. I may or may not have a teeny crush on him. VO Chris Harrison: "It's a Bachelorette first!". No, really, it is.
Think what you will, I'll be watching, right to the sappy, tearful, contrived end. Still not a clue why.
Meh.
5 comments:
Wendy, I feel like I wrote this post! You are reading my mind!! This show is sooo ridiculous but I can't stop watching. There, I said it, I am addicted to the Bachelor/ette! Although I must add Kirk (the guy she was making out with in the pool) to the list of contenders. Roberto will win though, he is my fav.
You are hilarious! I love reading your blog. I totally agree with everything you said. Sometimes I have to change the channel during her many make-out moments. gross. :)
Hehe. Yeah I don't get it either. Which is why I don't watch. =o) But if you enjoy it, then by all means watch it!
I think you've got it right! What on Earth was with that Casey guy's voice? And weatherman was queer as can be. I'm voting Chris.
This one has been hard to watch because I really cannot relate to Alli. At all.
i too am a bachelor/ette fan! i don't care how stupid it is...it always ropes me in with the first show. i agree with your two finalists! love love love the show :)
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