Hi-hi Gasmii! It's me, J-Mo, back again to help guide you as we work our way through the pretentious bitch-fest that is the second episode of Shear Genius Season Two, where hair-stylists are cannon-fodder, and some of Bravo's far less talented reality stars are striving hard for Minute 16!
"Kim Vo, did you just cut one???"
We also see the return of Season 1 fan favorite, Tabatha, who takes no prisoners and towers over ordinary mortals. Her icy platinum 'do just crackles with electric sassyness, she's got stronger opinions than Oprah, and is able to deal you a thousand verbal cuts in a single remark. In other words: Bitch is bad (and I don't mean she sucks shit through a tube a-la-Oshun... I mean like in a Michael Jackson kind of baaaad, shah-MOWN, you know it, arright! - kind of way). I think she comes from the Matrix-world. And you know what? I love a badass who can back their shit up... I'm one of those who totally agreed with her last season when she told that crazy bitch Evangelin that using a hedge-trimmer to do hair (you know, when not required to by a reality tv show) was a mind-numbingly stupid idea.... So I was way excited to see her back in action again. We will dive right in after the jump.
...shear stupidity...
In case you forgot last week's episode already (which is easy to do considering how littered the television landscape is with reality competitions) Jaclyn Smith reminds us that we have been narrowed down to 11 stylestants, competing for $100,000.00 in prize money from Nexxus Salon Hair Care Products (well, probly only about $48,000.00 after taxes, and for all we know it could be in Canadian dollars, so it'd really be worth only about $37.50) as well as that all-important "apprentice-ship" with Nexxus (I hope ol' Fish Lips Trump doesn't have anything to do with that), the chance to do hair on an Allure photo shoot (hopefully when they're featuring either Britney Spears or Alexis Arquette) and the title... of SHEAR GENIUS!!I noticed in the title sequence that they show Paulo spraying Aqua-Net that has been lit on fire... something tells me that he's done that kind of thing before...
...she's a maniac, pyro-maaaaniac, on the floor...
It's another beautiful day in L.A., and our stylestants are re-entering the Shear Genius Salon sans-Oshun (yay for Oshun-free episodes from now on!). Jaclyn greets them, and tells Dallas Danny that as winner of last week's challenge, his Wilma Flintstone hair-style is featured on the "Allure Wall Of Fame". Daniel immediately gushes "To see mah stahl on the Allure Wall Of Fame is truly aMAYzin'... truly truly truly amayzin'!" No, hon, that was JEM that was truly truly truly amazing. You had Wilma, remember? I'm coming to believe that Daniel is a bit of a dolt. Jaclyn also reminds him of his immunity from being eliminated this week, which he thanks her for. Awww, Dallas Hayir Manners™ everyone!
This week's Short Cut Challenge is called "Short & Flirty", which sounds exquisitely stupid to me. When I think of short hair, I don't think of "short and flirty" so much as I think of "short and dykey"...
...A teeny peek inside Dee's thoughts (picture courtesy of my good friend Peter G)...
And speaking of gender-confusion, our girl Drag Queen Meredith looks like she either has an Adam's apple, or a serious case of chicken-neck going on. Ooh, girl, either take your hormones faithfully or invest in some Oil Of Olay (it can help you look more like a real girl, too!)
...I know all there is to know about the crying game...
Anyhow, this challenge is to take the client's hair from long to short. And then they have to flirt with the client a lot. Or something. They'll be judged on creativity, technical proficiency (like not cutting chunks off the client's ears... Matthew!) and client satisfaction. Jaclyn tells Dallas Daniel that as the winner of last week's Elimination Challenge, he will have first choice of the clients... and he will also decide the order that the rest of the stylestants can choose their clients. Daniel's face kinda crumples after he hears this, and the other stylestants immediately start sucking up to him at the speed of light. Daniel (and his silly little hat) is quite disturbed that the others may think the order he chooses might have something to do with how much he likes them. Well, DUH, Daniel, it doesn't make for good reality tv for y'all to be friendly now, y'hear? Jeez, do you want screen time, or not?
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Comments (15)
Still not inclined to waste time watching... but also still loving your recaps!
Thanks, J-Mo!
1 of 15 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on July 7, 2008 9:56 AM
You're single handedly bringing funny back to TVgasm. Kim Vo is easily filling the role of Dolly Parton's Truvy.
2 of 15 | Posted by kittyw | Posted on July 7, 2008 11:00 AM
Whomever did Tammy's hair made her look so old! I always thought Tammy was pretty...but good God!! He did not do her any favors. I hope she takes the judges advice and lightens that stuff up. Redonk!
Laurie's hair looked a lot better to me. Practically all of the housewives are victims of over-dying and too much heat. Their hair looks like straw. Nekissa did a good job of making Laurie's look healthy.
What was hilarious was Kimberly. The back of her hair looked sooo bad. Did you catch the giant smile and swing of the hair she did at the end of the aisle? Hilarious. Her hair looked like it needed 2 more shampoos and...damn lets just say a lot.
Either way..great recap!
3 of 15 | Posted by MrsBojangles | Posted on July 7, 2008 1:18 PM
I have to admit that I like these elimination type reality shows..PR, Design Star, next Food Network star, Top Chef, and Shear Genius. I know I need a life, so don't judge me.
I like your recaps and you're almost as bitchfabulous as Ms. Tabby. I too love a quick thinking smart ass that can have you crying "uncle" just with a look.
Keep up the good work.
4 of 15 | Posted by Skies | Posted on July 7, 2008 7:48 PM
Yes, what's her name with the garden tool from last year was Shear Stupidity at its finest!
No big loss with Parker the Prick gone. Glad Charlie is sticking around. Way to go bald trailer trash!
5 of 15 | Posted by pokerplayer | Posted on July 7, 2008 11:10 PM
This recap was so funny I: (1) spat out Diet Dr. Pepper all over my keyboard, (2) laughed so hard that I made all my co-workers stare at me, and (3) had my boss came out of his office to tell me to calm down. The names that J-Mo gave these losers are the best. I did like Dallas Daniel until the moment he lost consciousness simply because he saw those tired old slits and their offspring. And the thing about crying at Laurie's wedding. I cried because I had to watch that shit. The guy she married is the king of all douches. Seriously. Anyway I love J-Mo!!! I want more J-Mo!!!
6 of 15 | Posted by ReeseWitherspoon | Posted on July 8, 2008 7:18 AM
Did anyone notice that Daniel's hairstyle on the wall of fame was totally covered up by the "ALLURE"? Why not take a shot that works with the title, like a real cover shoot?
Oh, and, yeah, the RHWOOC have officially reached 15 minutes and 5 seconds. They have stayed in the spot light for too long. Please go away.
7 of 15 | Posted by marishka | Posted on July 8, 2008 8:15 AM
Oh man, you guys are TOTALLY making my week here, I think I'm gonna cry like I'm being forced to watch Lauri get married all over again...
fire@will... if I can do the heavy lifting of watching this TV show for you, I'm happy to do so... it's what big fat guys like me were made for (especially when I have a giant tumbler of Diet Dr. Pepper and a bag or two of Doritos with me)
kittyw... Thank you for your kindness, and you know we loves us some Truvy (and Truvy's West!)
MrsBojangles... I *did* catch Kimberly's fabulous hair-flip when she did her little turn on the catwalk (the screen cap i took was RIGHT after that) and you're right, it was a hot mess... thanks for the kudos!
Skies... Why thank you for the compliment on my smart-assedness a-la-Miss Tabby! I am honored (although my bitch-quotient is only about 57). Much love!
pokerplayer... I, too, am falling in love with Charlie... to the point where I'm starting to fantasize about tumbling him into bed... you're probably not taking your Charlie-love that far, but that's kind of my way... :)
ReeseWitherspoon... First off, Diet Dr. Pepper is the best. Second, laughter is what keeps us going through these hard times. Third, thank you for being such a sweetie. Maybe we can get dressed up in black and watch Lauri's divorce when it comes on TV...
marishka... I actually DID think it was kind of odd that they didn't put the hairstyle in FRONT of the ALLURE magazine title, since being big and swoopy was what that whole 'do was all about, but perhaps with the trend of flatter hair nowadays the layout editors have gotten spoiled (you know fer SHURE in the 80's they would have had to leave enough of a margin for all the big hair they featured on the cover)..
Only one more day until a new episode, and I'm going to do my best to have the new recap finished by Friday! Thanks again for all the love and kissy-smooches!
love, J-Mo :)
8 of 15 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on July 8, 2008 9:14 AM
Fabulous recap, love all the gayness shrieking through, and the rotating nicknames are the best!!! They are so helping me follow! Love the before and afters, so if that makes them a little long, they are so much better. I still haven't watched, and yet, I follow! Never watched the oranges, so that part was sketchy for me, but no worries. Since Bravo repeats everything one hundred million times, I may even watch it! I'm curious about Charlie too, kind of looks like my type, tho maybe not girthy enough, we'll see, then we can either fight for him or split him tee-hee! I got my name lusting for the girthy Judd on Survivor in Guatemala, mmmm, still haven't gone to NY to have him open my door for me tho!
Glad to see the Jmo love here, and Reese, did you say slits--too f'n funny!!!!
9 of 15 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on July 8, 2008 1:53 PM
"Parker Poser"
"Drink the Juice Shelby"
Gosh you are killing me here. Great hilarious recap. I don't watch the Real Housewives but didn't need to - just 2 seconds of screen time and I could tell they were a hot mess.
Damn with all that money you'd think they could afford some conditioner.
10 of 15 | Posted by TinkerbellAPixie | Posted on July 8, 2008 3:08 PM
Forgot to say, loved the "Erotica" reference!
11 of 15 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on July 8, 2008 3:23 PM
You brought the funny once again, J-Mo (and what would that be in Dallas-Danny speak? JAY-e Maw? Enquiring minds want to know...) But you broke my little heart with your love for the biggest assholiest bitter sour orange of them all, Tabitha I-hate-everyone-else-in-the-universe-but-I-love-myself-twice-as-much-as-that. Ugh, I hated her sour guts, her sour face, her sour ass, her sour... Sure, Evangelin was an idiot, but Miss T.B. didn't simply point out that insisting on the pruning shears was stupid. No. She turned it into something like "if you insist on using that, the gates of hell will open, the hounds of war will swallow our hallowed profession, and the APOCALYPSE will happen!" I'm paraphrasing here, but you know what I mean... I mean, I just saw the SG season 1 marathon before the first epi of season 2, and my jaw just dropped when Jaclyn said she was the fan favorite. Bitch must have paid someone to speed-dial for her. I love bitchy fabulous, but she was just plain asshole bitch. Who can cut hair, but still. Big deal. I hear that she was there because she has a new show coming on Bravo, which is somewhat similar to a Gordon Ramsay show. What a surprise. Not Hell's Salon, more like Salon Nightmares. Either way, I hope no network gets the idea of a Gordon Ramsay show followed by a Tabitha show, because I fear the effect on the viewers would be just like the effect of the ark on the nazis at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. You've been warned, people!
12 of 15 | Posted by sayhuh | Posted on July 9, 2008 12:19 AM
juddfan, who is this girthy "Judd" of whom you speak? I might have to check that guy out. I was a big fan of Chris March from PR4, I just think he is the cutest leopard-print wearing chubby boy ever. *sigh* And he can make dresses out of human hair...
TinkerbellAPixie... (and juddfan) I absolutely love that you guys are picking up on these references, because it reaffirms to me that a little thing called "cultural literacy" is not dead in America. That gives me a woody... Seriously.
sayhuh... darlin', I don't ever wanna break anyone's heart. :( I completely understand your feelings about Miss Lady T, believe me, I do... Do I think she's abrasive? HELL, yes! Do I think she's a bitter bitch? DOUBLE HELL, yes! Does she make for awesome TV because she speaks what's on her mind with little regard for the consequences? HELL to the Y-E-S!
I realize not everyone shares my 'mirations for Tabatha (and to tell you the truth, she looks like a taller, thinner version of my mother-in-would-be-law, this could be why I have some misplaced affection for her). But the thing with Evangelin... sorry, but that woman was just a wack-job of the first order... just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you HAVE to, and if I were to walk into a salon and see someone cutting hair with a pair of garden shears, I would call the police myself... she went over the edge when she suggested that because she won a challenge with those shears that they were now going to be a part of her normal arsenal of clippers, it was just stupid to a degree that deserved being called out, and that's exactly what Lady T did to her (and she wasn't the only one, the other Aussie stylist in the house actually started that whole argument, Tabatha just finished it for her). BUT, I can see where you're coming from, and fear not, there should be no more T-love in future posts (as long as they don't bring her back again).
love, J-Mo :)
13 of 15 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on July 9, 2008 8:15 AM
I loved the recap! Thanks! the pictures are great too!
You shaked it! lol
Tabatha was really bitchy! Didn't like her in this ep.
Kim's lips are creepy and Renee's accent is funny!
I never watched 'any real housewives..coming to think that I never watched ANY housewives..', but they were horrible and that guy confessing his "love" was pathetic! I'm rooting for Nicole, but I think Charlie has it in the bag!
So long, Parker! It's sad that out of "millions" who tried out for SG, they couldn't find someone with color experience! lol
14 of 15 | Posted by detinha | Posted on July 10, 2008 5:15 AM
Anyone else think Dee looks like a Siamese cat in that you can't tell if she's cross eyed or not?
Great Recap.
15 of 15 | Posted by PopTart | Posted on July 10, 2008 8:07 AM