All you need to know is that once the teams were picked, HALfiger-9000 sent half of each team on a private jet to Texas and New Mexico respectively. The goal was for the Texas contingent to "study" true cowboy culture and fashion and relay their thoughts to the design team stuck in NY with the end result being two fashionable modern outfits based on the findings. The New Mexico team was to do the same with traditional Native American garb. The point, as if there actually is one to this show, was "communication" and testing how the teams were able to convey their ideas via telephone. Which reminds me, wouldn't it be a fun show to have a "Telephone Game with the Stars?" Like, Corey Haim has a 4 sentence secret that he tells to Alan Thicke who tells it to Bea Arthur who tells it to the robot girl from "Small Wonder" who tells it to Tone-Loc who then tells it to us, the TV audience. That would be awesome. Is Bea Arthur even alive?
Long episode short, the game of Cowboys and Indians was pretty much the mess you'd expect it to have been. The Cowboy crew came up with some shirts and jeans (ooooohhhh) whereas the New Mexico gang threw together some ponchos and beaded jewelry (aaaahhhhh). I'm still unclear on the whole concept of "The Cut" seeing as though they are competing to be designers but no one, and I mean no one, has any clue how to design anything. I will continue to watch until the show becomes clearer to me. Team New Mexico lost and Julie (the blond with the close-set and too-small eyes) was sent home to St. Louis and her idyllic (in her mind) suburbia devoid of gay people and minorities of any sort. Good riddance.
Amazingly, the always useless and increasingly insane Jeff once again wound up on the winning team and continued to infect the show. Each week he is picked last or next to last and is generally regarded as either a liability or a sacrificial lamb, should it come to that. His job on the Texas cowboy design team was to contract with some creepy "denim specialist" guy. Ok, he picked up the phone and was able to handle that. Then he handed over all the team's money to the guy, leaving them nothing to pay the seamstress. Nice. Then he ran out with an hour to spare to put some finishing touches on a jacket. Of course, as his whole team expected, he didn't make it back in time - disqualifying the jacket. It was these scenes of Jeff's tortured insistence that nothing was his fault that made the episode worthwhile. Since there are no screencaps, just imagine the image of the biggest loser in your office (it helps if he's a he, is middle aged, bald, thoroughly incompetent, and insane) sending an incriminating email to the boss by accident and freaking out. Good times, good times.
Now that you're caught up, let's get to the most recent episode... Once again, ruining all ambiance, the show opened with ice-skating at Rockefeller Center and snowfall. Dear CBS, It's the middle of July. I'm sweating my balls off here. Reality shows lose some "reality" when your seasons are so out-of-whack. Please don't do this again. Futhermore, please don't show more scenes of Wes drinking milk from the communal milk container, screwing up his face, then dumping the contents. There was just something so wrong about that for some reason. Thanks.
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Comments (7)
I love the telephone game idea. Where is that girl from Small Wonder? I loved that show.
Jeff. Ugh. I can't even talk about him. He can not leave this show fast enough. Of course, you know if they decide to rip off the Apprentice for finale ideas, they are totally bringing this jackass back in.
"The most retarded thing I've ever heard of." That was awesome. It almost makes watching this episode worth it.
I can't believe he fired James! I really liked him. I wonder if HALfiger's buddy from the eariler episode will really try to hire him...
1 of 7 | Posted by mountain girl | Posted on July 18, 2005 9:50 PM
I must confess, I actually like the Cut. (Go ahead, take away my WGA card!) I was annoyed by the Apprentice-like setup, but I do like the contestants/characters/future Surreal life cast members. Wes is a cutey with his southern drawl and grauitous crotch shots. Deanna is fierce and quirky. Shauna is a real-life Karen, only sober. Chris Cortez is my little banjee boy. And Felix, while he screwed up this past week, is my little banjee man. Once the Princess of Porno Poetry and that Minnesota Model are gone, it's gonna get nasty and so much more fun!! I'm hoping the Cut stands for some real blood-letting!
2 of 7 | Posted by downtown la la | Posted on July 18, 2005 11:16 PM
Jeffs insanity is entertaining to watch. The only redeeming part of that show in my opinion. Watching that contractor almost rip his head off was funny. And you underplayed the incident when he was drooling over the girl customer. First, the girl was literally 16. Second, he was going on and on and on about how "hot" she looked. Even resorting to gutteral grunts at one point. "oooh, god. You look. oooh. you look so beautiful. uuuuhhhh."
Amazingly Tom Arnold got a rave review for his performance in that movie they were at the premiere of (Happy Endings) freom Ebert and Roeper.
If I was confronted with Lisa Kudrow at a cocktail aprty, I can assure you I have nothing to say to the woman. Other than "Friends sucked the last 3 years." Matt Leblanc is another story. I could talk to him all day about the movie "Ed". I mean c'mon, the dude starred in a movie about a baseball playing monkey. Lisa Kudrow can't touch that.
3 of 7 | Posted by Eddiebosox | Posted on July 19, 2005 7:18 AM
This show isn't that bad, but it really doesn't have anything to do with actual designing yet. Project Runway on Bravo was a much better show. It was actually about the design. The Cut is more the mainstream what-networks-think-the-average-american-can-understand type of show.
4 of 7 | Posted by moonman | Posted on July 19, 2005 10:05 AM
I wish I got Bravo. It may be that I am obsessed with reality tv and love almost every show but... I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!
I could not believe team purple lost. Being the reality freak that I am, since CBS made it look like team orange had the advantage, I figured it was clever editing and realized that Team Purple would win. Eh, wrong answer.
Jeff is such a loser. I can't believe whta he said. ABOUT A 16 YEAR OLD. loser.
5 of 7 | Posted by tv freak | Posted on July 19, 2005 6:33 PM
I actually thought this show was taken off the air. I haven't seen the last two episodes.
Women's Wear Daily had an article about it recently calling it a success and said it had good ratings and was increasing Hilfiger's popularity!? Does this show actually get ratings? And what day is it on now?
6 of 7 | Posted by jayneatomic | Posted on July 20, 2005 3:04 PM
I love this show. Princess is great. I'm glad she's starting to shine. I'm glued to the TV. Yeah, it's on Wednesday nights. I can't wait to see who wins. I'm glad Jeff is gone now.
7 of 7 | Posted by D | Posted on July 21, 2005 11:30 AM