Well, sadly, this week's Pussycat Dolls episode was not as fun-filled, drama-filled or even ralph-filled as I would have liked. However, it's not as ridiculous as the show that ANTM has devolved into, so I guess it was just an off week. I do have to say, though, that I LOVE a good makeover episode! Especially one with a celebrity guest!
After a bounce-a-riffic recap of last week's episode, and the It-Never-Gets-Old bounce-fest of an opening credit sequence ("If ya DON'T dance like this, YOU'RE OUTTA HERE!"), we join the girls during their heavy-hearted trudge up the stairs after the last elimination. You'd think that they are all pretty little Atlases, and their hot pink feather boas the world resting wearily on their shoulders. Poor little lambs. Every last one of them seems shaken up, as though the fear of God (see: Robin) has been thrusted into her.
"I didn't bring it like I normally do," Melissa S. says of her last performance, in a voice so sugary sweet and with eyes so puppy-dogged that I KNOW I am being lied to and that does NOT excuse the fact that you came in past curfew. She "breaks down" into tears about still being in the competition, and meanwhile Jaime tells Asia she did a great job. "You did horrible," Asia replies, twirling her hair and strutting away. Whoa. Did I miss something here? I'm not sure why Asia said that, but maybe it's the same kind of tough love she uses on her baby. Baby Mama. Baby Mama Drama.
Anyway, so Sisely is all bein' a crybaby about the judges not liking her, and we can tell she's upset because she's all in slow motion. She articulates her feelings by using the word "like" after every other word in her sentence and whines, sigh, AGAIN about not getting any sleep. Come on, grandma, step it up! You can sleep when you're 30! I'm sure that's why she's not doing her best because, as we all know, all the other girls ever do is sleep in and loll around the Pussy Castle all day.
The girls get Pussy Mail (which they call Screen Mail but come on, I think we can all agree that Pussy Mail is a far superior title for this honor bestowed upon them) and this time Nicole Sherzingslutty manages to keep her mouth from going all agape, but I still don't listen to a fucking word that the other girls say. I'm just waiting for Nicole to do something wacky. I do have to say, however, that I love the fact that in all of their Pussy Mails the girls look like their just sitting around in their shared living room, chillin' in their stripper gear. Y'know, like any other Tuesday night.
"We're going to Blockbuster, any requests?"
So Robin is, naturally, waiting for them in the dance studio, blabbing on and on about the magic P word of the day: Persona. As usual, Robin is dressed in her usual classy garb, black wifebeater (dude she's so tough), stretchy pants, high heels, and extra collagen.
"New boobs? Anyone?"
She introduces a PCD named... uh, something or other, and all the girls ooh and ahh over her. It's adorable how they still get so star-struck. I mean, they've met Mark McGrath like four times already. How much better does it get?
Oh okay, so she's named Kim, and apparently she's the Total Rocker Chick of PCD, on account of her total whiteness and sometimes Mohawk. She and Robin make out for a li'l bit and then she goes into a whole thang about having a persona (or letting someone make one up for you) and holding onto that persona no matter what the press (and TVGasm) says. "When you go out there, people are gonna wanna put a label on you," she warns. Yep, I have to say it's pretty true. I've had labels for each of these girls in my mind since day one. You don't even know what kind of names I had for Brittany, until Mikey trumped them all and crowned her Stripperella.
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Comments (5)
Yay, nice recap. I liked Jaime but I didn't see them adding another blonde white girl to the group :(
It was ironic that they were actively using stripper poles this week, since Stripperella was banned from Mikey's studio last week. The line between stripper and empowered woman is so fine these days!
Has anyone else noticed that whoever is berating/trying to help Chelsea ends up horribly messing up during their performance and almost getting cut? Watch for the glint in her eye as she frustrates them at rehearsal just to undermine their own confidence so she can look better by comparison. She might make it pretty far!
1 of 5 | Posted by audreeeee | Posted on March 21, 2007 12:22 PM
The editing of the performances and the evaluations really annoy me. Yes, I'm sure the girls perform their songs in front of an audience at the PCD place, but it's so obvious that when the judges are doing their critques and eliminations that they are not in front of an audience. Why do they bother making it seem like the audience is there for it?
2 of 5 | Posted by Mrs.Meow | Posted on March 21, 2007 12:51 PM
great recap. Asia needs to stop talking, because she sounds retarded when she does.
i still love melissa r. but i feel like mariela (sp) or anastacia (sp)'s going to make the band.
3 of 5 | Posted by helen | Posted on March 21, 2007 9:35 PM
I think Anastasia's GIANT head of hair is her secret source of power. Seriously, it's like the width of 3 PCD hopefulls combined.
4 of 5 | Posted by angela | Posted on March 22, 2007 10:22 AM
I thought straightening Mariela's hair made her look amazing. Plus I think her singing is getting better. After this episode, I think she's going to go far.
I was surprised because I was not impressed by Melissa R.'s singing. Maybe she had a bad day.
Sisely was really annoying this episode. It seems like all she can do is complain complain complain! She always looks like she wants to kill someone.
I'm sad to see Jaime go. I thought she needed more time to grow. From what I could see on the tv, I thought she did really well. I also thought she sounded better than everyone in her group, except Chelsea.
Chelsea always says that she can't dance but when they actually perform I can never see why she's so bad.
Asia is really annoying. This episode I just wanted to tell her to shut up. Even in there group performace, I thought that she was the worst dancer.
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