Charlie talks about the angles he put in the hair (squircangles?) and Michael immediately says when the girl first walked out he thought Charlie "wasn't listening" to him, because he wanted avant garde and Charlie gave him "romantic period". What romantic period was frizz-head popular in? I think Michael is on his period. Kim Vo chimes in that when Michael told Charlie to fix the hair that he "killed the fly with a shotgun" when he went in and "kung-fu'ed the hair to death". Linda Wells says it's a good thing the model turned profile in the picture so they could capture the lovely shape on the right side of her head, because the left side apparently had a "poodle in the rain" look. Michael says Charlie might have taken it too far too fast, but he worked it into something that could be used in the shoot, and then Michael blows me away by saying "It was a nice hairstyle." Charlie almost collapses from relief.
And they are all banished to the break room while the judges make what Jaclyn calls "an extremely difficult decision". She doesn't add "that will be shaped by producer input".
In a nutshell, the judges agree that Dallas Daniel choked and was thrown off by the whole water experience, plus the funky braid thing. Jaclyn says Lesbiana Dee's bang cut made the model's hair look like a wig (ow, Jacci!) and Kim admits that he is super-tired of seeing the same cut from Dee time and time again. Suddenly Michael says that Dee was "more comfortable" and that she "really listened", and Linda Wells pipes up with "Except that it's not a personality contest!", which is a good thing considering she hasn't been here to witness some of Dee's finer moments. Underdog Immune Nicole is busted for her inexperience and for using too much restraint. Now behind Bitchy Charlie's back, Michael is saying that he didn't like the hairstyle he did, it was "too schmaltzy" but Linda really liked it, and Jaclyn says what saved it was that he used less product at the start so the hair didn't get all weighed down like it did on Daniel's and Nicole's. They're making this too hard to call. Fuckers.
Jaclyn reminds Underdog Nicole of her immunity, which gives U.N. a chance to heave a big sigh of relief, and the other three are called forward.... Jaclyn gives tons of kudos to Charlie's styling and use of the flowers and his ability to work with Michael without succumbing to the urge to stab him in the neck with a stylist's pick... and Bitchy Charlie is the winner again!!!!
...I caught a sexy little belly flash here, but be careful jumping next to Dee, Charlie, I bet she'd like to punch you in the nuts right now...
I don't blame him for jumping up and down, the damn online poll at BravoTV.com had people thinking he was the one most likely to miss out on being in the finals. And actually Dee gives Charlie a polite hug, as does Daniel, and Charlie rejoins Nicole in SafetyLand.
Now it's time for the bad news... After reviewing each of their individual flaws Jaclyn says "Dee...." and pauses just long enough to make us all sweat a bucket or two before she finishes "...you are safe." Awwww, dammit, that means Dallas Daniel is going home!
Jaclyn asks Daniel if he has anything he'd like to say and he bounces back immediately with a big smile and a laugh and says "Weyell of COwurse theyir is, hayav way mait?" which makes Jaclyn laugh. Oh Jaclyn, that's why we love you, you can soften bad news like this. Daniel says he was thrilled to be there and meet everybody and says "And ah'm ready t'git bayack t'Dallas... Y'all don't wear yer hayir nearly big enough fer may!" and he laughs some more. You know, I would have thought Daniel would have been a sobbing mess after getting cut right before the final like this, but you know who is even more emotional than all of them???...
...Lesbiana Dee's emotion chip must be starting to overload her positronic neural network...
Daniel thanks everybody and they share a big group hug, and now it looks like Dee's not the only one who is having a moment over Daniel's departure...
...somehow this tears at my heart worse than seeing Dee cry...
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Comments (10)
Wow, what a bitch! Still, I would love to see them bring Grecco in much earlier. Aren't you the least bit curious about how Nikisa or Oshun would have handled that? Someone's head would have exploded at the very least.
Go Charlie!
1 of 10 | Posted by kizarny | Posted on August 23, 2008 12:03 PM
Thanks for the great recap!
I never noticed ManlyMat "Pull my Finger" pose! LOL
J-Mo, mah dahling, are you going soft on Bitchie Charlie? Please, don't! He can take it, I'm sure he can take!
I thought Dee's was worst than Daniel's. Grecco was horrible. I haven't heard of him before and hopefully never will again!
**anxiously waiting for the Salon Takeover recap!**
:D
Mwah!
2 of 10 | Posted by detinha | Posted on August 23, 2008 4:19 PM
I love Jaclyn, but her face reminds me of the Joan Rivers car insurance commercial... "Am I crying? I can't feel my face!" If it weren't for the hand gesture, wiping away the tears, you wouldn't know she was sad at all.
3 of 10 | Posted by bongofl | Posted on August 24, 2008 1:55 PM
I loved Linda's "village idiot" comment. Hilarious!
I will miss Dallas Daniel...what a cutie. Looking forward to the finale!
4 of 10 | Posted by rubinia | Posted on August 25, 2008 8:28 AM
Great recap. Based only on your comments, sounds like another arbitrary nightmare for the contestants. Not only do they have unequal models, but also different challenges (they could have at least all been trying to set up exactly the same photo). And people like Michael ruin it for everyone - they can be found in most professions.
5 of 10 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on August 25, 2008 9:20 AM
¡Saludos desde España! Y muchas gracias por los buenos deseos from about 3-4 recaps ago, J-Mo. I had to post although my limited vacation wireless connection keeps finding all your screencaps too much and keeps cutting me off, so I hadn´t even gotten to the part where my favorite spiky gay-eye-roller was eliminated, and here´s another one! Ay, I´ll just have to catch up when I get back. Anyway, you would think that I wouldn´t have the time with all this beach and pool and beer and parties to miss my weekly dose of snark, but do I ever! Can I bring you along on my next vacation? Heck, can you move next door to me? And apologies to your boyfriend, but please do marry Chris March (re your PR post) and make my head explode from all that awesomeness... Oh, and I loved your photo (stop it with the chubby comments, you´re very cute, if I were a gay guy I´d totally go for you) and the video with the choreography. Like my kids like to say now, "whoop, whoop, yeah!"
6 of 10 | Posted by sayhuh | Posted on August 25, 2008 3:23 PM
Hey J-mo!!! Just getting back to town and catching up! Sorry to see Daniel go, but happy to see Charlie jump up and down--don't know why that little tuck area is the sexiest part of a man, but hey, we've all got our things!!!
did you hear Billy Mays is going to have a reality show this season . . . . I'm sure it'll be the hit the Emeril never was . . . sigh . . .
Anyway, hate to see the show ending, but glad you've got the Tabby show to do . . . I hope to catch up soon!
Big Hugs!
7 of 10 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on August 26, 2008 4:38 PM
Did anyone else pick up on the fact that when the stylists walked into the photo shoot Nicole's dress was black as they walked through the door, then gray as the walked over to Rene, and then black again as he started talking??
8 of 10 | Posted by Kon4MIty | Posted on August 26, 2008 8:23 PM
kizarny... you are so totally right, it would have been interesting to watch Michael Gryuckko take apart Nekisa or Oshun (I'm totally sure Oshun would have pulled a Dr. Boogie and tried to tell Michael how to do the photo shoot since he's so experienced working in TV on "Passions")... Ackulades!
detinha... there is no way I could EVER go soft on Charlie (in fact, Charlie makes me EXTRA hard on him)... truth be told, if Charlie had put forth any fug I would have totally clocked it, but he won these last two weeks because he really did the best job (I think). You're right, he can take a jab or two (he HAS had to live with Lesbiana Dee, for Chrissakes!)...
bongofl... yes, Lady Jaclyn didn't look quite so plasticky last year, but time gets to all of us... at least we know she still has tear ducts!
rubinia... I'm gonna miss Dallas Daniel, too, it's too bad they didn't have a drag queen challenge like they did on Project Runway, because "Dallas Hayir" would SO have been the perfect way to go for that! :(
fire@will... thanks for the kind compliment! I agree, it wasn't exactly fair that they wet down only one model's hair, but then again, they had only one with that snow shit, and only one jumping on a trampoline and only one doing the swingy-thing... i guess they figured those were level-enough playing fields... I hope I meet Michael someday, I'd like to tell him how glad I am he's BEHIND the camera most of the time!
sayhuh... LOL, enjoy your vacation, TVgasm will be here when you get back and then you can see all the fabuliciousness. Thanks for the compliments (I am going to tell my boyfriend that Chris March has to be our third lover or something) and I'm so happy you've been enjoying my work (on several artistic fronts)... have a safe trip home!
juddfan... I totally KNEW you were gonna love that screen-cap... yeah I don't know what it is about underbelly, but I like it... and if Billy Mays is gonna have a reality show, then I want to have a chance to put some Oxi-Clean on his beard to get some of that damned blacky-inky dye out of it and see what his REAL hair color is...
Kon4Mity... Oh. My. God. I did NOT notice/pick up on that (and I had to watch that scene about six times in a row) but you are totally right, there is a major continuity error there... Nicole walks through the door in a black dress... the behind and above POV shot she is suddenly in a gray dress... the next shot from the front the gray dress has 4 black buttons in a square on the bodice... they cut to Rene Fris... when they cut back she's in the black dress again... OMG! Good catch and sharp eyes! WEird!
Thanks everyone for your positive support, we're almost at the end now... :(
love, J-Mo :)
xoxoxo
9 of 10 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on August 27, 2008 8:40 PM
Dear, sweet J-mo, just as I knew you would screen grab it when I watched that scene!!! So nice to have a sistah here, and I love, love, love the term underbelly!!!! LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!
10 of 10 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on August 29, 2008 11:08 AM