The Art and Soul of the City - 
by J-Unit
NBC hasn't blown anybody away with I Want to Be a Hilton, but the show has been making strides since its first week, when it looked like Kathy Hilton had barely been in front of a television camera. Although the challenges were good, it seemed like Kathy had taken pointers from Paris when it came to her on-camera presence. Luckily for us, the cast of the show has given us plenty of reasons to watch (at least until it conflicts with Big Brother for all of you single tuner Tivo/ non-DVR types). Team Park has won both challenges, partly because they are better, but largely because they are a good team, or at least not as bad as Team Madison. But since Madison features a Vegas showgirl and former beauty pageant winner, it is that guaranteed vortex of self-absorption that keeps us coming back.
So far, the main problem for Madison has been between Yvette, and, well, everybody, but Yvette really doesn't like Latricia the most. She sees Latricia as uncultured and not worthy of even being considered among the rest of the contestants. Latricia sees Yvette and thinks the same thing, but mainly because Yvette is a know-it-all and Latricia can see through Yvette's faux-cultured ways.
First we had everybody learning the basics of etiquette, and last week we had people try on their philanthropic/Hamptons party hats. This week, we learned that the challenge was going to be centered around the world of fine art, and both teams met inside a museum to watch a cellist, a dancer, a singer, and an actor. There was a real sense that things were getting down to business, or at least that is what Brenden would have us believe. He said that things were really getting serious now that there were only 12 people left. Uh, Brenden? You started with 14, and now you have 12. You still have to remove 11 more people to win, and your team hasn't lost. To say that the game has had some sudden shift in focus sounds kind of dumb.
After their little refresher, everybody met in Central Park where Kathy gave them directions. The art challenge was going to be a scavenger hunt. They would be given ten clues and would have three hours to come back with as many clues as they could find. She handed each team their clues, a couple of cell phones, and a couple of maps, and told them to get started.
With all of the clues spread out over such a large part of New York and with the limited time they had, both teams debated whether they should stay together or split up. Park has been doing very well in the challenges, but they are already starting to get annoyed with the people on their teams who are trying to speak up and be leaders, namely Vanessa and Brenden. If they win again, I predict that in the next couple of weeks, they will talk about losing a challenge so they can get somebody off of their team. Anyway, Brenden was being kind of a pussy about splitting up, wondering if it was worth the risk. Rashad, realizing that they had two cell phones along with a couple of maps, didn't wait for the debate and took Jaret with him to start on the first clues.
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