In preparation for this week’s episode of “The Cut,” I dug out my authentic 19th century Little House on the Prairie schoolmarm wooden chair. It was the only thing I could think of uncomfortable enough to keep me awake for the entire show. Upon reading the description of this week’s challenge, I was heartened to note that it appeared as though “The Cut” would finally be ripping off “Project Runway” like we expected it to do all along. Oh, sure, the Apprentice atmospherics were still fully in place: the bustling avenue filled with taxis, the slow motion helicopter fly-bys above famous Manhattan landmarks, the steam rising from the sidewalks – but this week the Cutters would actually be dealing with – gasp – fashion! You know, the thing that we (and the contestants) thought the show would be about from the get-go. Call us crazy. Well, we viewers (which may just be me at this point) are crazy I suppose for watching this mess. But the Cutters have real incentive to be there, even in the subzero chill of mid-winter Manhattan. Hilfiger (or HALfiger-9000 as I call him in reference to his monotonous android manner of speaking), met with everyone outside in Bryant Park to discuss the next challenge. One (more) thing that makes watching this show difficult is that it was filmed during January or February when hats, mittens, and coats were necessary. It’s just weird watching the show now in July with a bead of sweat trickling down my cheek from the summer heat – oh, wait… That’s actually a tear now that I realized the show had only just begun and I still had a full hour to endure.
As mentioned, HALfiger gathered with the troops in Midtown Manhattan and laid out the challenge. He was wearing a big puffy suede coat and Ray-Bans, which made his movements as robotic as his voice. Surprisingly, no one called out HALfiger for looking like such a total douchebag. Each team would be given $1200 to design and create 3 dresses to be shown on the runway. Even better, each team would also have to beg a random NYC woman off the street to do the modeling for them. Okay, I can get into this… I mean, it is more along the lines of what I’d been expecting, rather than the “Pimp My Ride,” “Wickedly Perfect,” and “Extreme Makeover: Home Editions” I’d been enduring up until now. Of course, we’d also have the completely useless “social challenge” on the side, but they had to pick the teams first. Wes and Fey Tommy had the honors this week and the teams broke down as follows: Tommy went with Princess first (!), Shauna who was busy hawking up her lung, empty-headed Jessica, Hilstalker Chris, and Silent Rob. Wes countered with Deanna (who despite her over-reaching appearance, seems to be alright), Angry Felix, James with the hair, Elizabeth who no one likes, Julie who appeared to be going to JFK’s funeral, and unfortunately, Jeff. Yes, for the 2nd week in a row, the megalomaniac moron went unwanted by both teams. If he wasn’t such a terminal loser, I might feel badly for him.
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Comments (11)
Ok....I TRIED......I REALLY did TRY to watch this show for the second time......but after the first 20 min. of coma inducing boredom,I had to do something HORRIBLE......I turned OFF the tv and God help me,resorted to reading a book.Is that what it has come to?Tv was the good place,my happy place....and now look at me READING oh the humanity.......I think with some help I can hang on until thursday when BB6 starts.......I'm conna take the edge of with Hells Kitchen tonight and I wanna be a Hilton tuesday night may help......if I can just sweat it out wed. night,I know I'll be ok......
1 of 11 | Posted by Brian | Posted on July 4, 2005 5:33 AM
Sad to see Tommy go? If so, and you live in Chicago, you should check out PBS's Check Please for a rerun of the episode where Tommy reviews his favorite restaraunt. He also appears in the opening credits for the entire series. And yes, even in this show, his manner and behaviour are an embarassment to self-respecting homosexuals everywhere.
2 of 11 | Posted by Hinha | Posted on July 4, 2005 9:33 AM
Tommy might have screwed up this time but I don't see how Princess keeps getting by each week. She is useless.
3 of 11 | Posted by runswithscissors | Posted on July 4, 2005 11:42 AM
Brian- Sorry to break the bad news but no Hell's Kitchen tonight. Two hours of Nanny 911 instead, thanks a pantload Fox. Only good news is two new hours of HK next Monday. I'm glad I quit watching The Cut it's mind numbing. sg-dub what the fuck did you do to B-side and J-unit to get the lousy job of watching this dreck?
4 of 11 | Posted by GNARKILL | Posted on July 4, 2005 12:49 PM
just a sidenote-- I believe Donna Martins' dress was a white ankle length gown. It looked nothing like Tommys' heinous creation.
my question was-- It is the first 'DESIGN" challenge for this show and almost everyone raised their hand to go to the party (social challenge). What the hell is up with that. Am I crazy our don't they get to create a line under the Tommy label. Why wouldn't these people want him to see them create . Another thing that is weird-- some of these people have said they know nothing about designing, what show did they sign up for then "Big Brother" (3days!!!!)
Princess needs to go. Shauna get over the "I'm sick" thing-- you are on a reality competition show, BUCK UP. Wes I would've like to see what he could design. Jeff GO HOME pease, he's killing me. And what the F--K is up with Julie-- the big glasses, the hot pink scarf, oh and the dress needs a hot pink lining, that dress of hers was worse than Tommys (plus her I can't understand gay people comments last week)
I keep watching though. I'm glad Big Brother takes over Thurs. nights this week though
I can't wait for a new season of Project Runway, now that's a cool design competition.
Thanks for the recap-- Love this site
5 of 11 | Posted by Colin | Posted on July 4, 2005 1:37 PM
For some reason, I keep watching this show. They should have kept Tommy, who else am I gonna laugh at? These people are BORING.
6 of 11 | Posted by 3blue | Posted on July 4, 2005 10:52 PM
I know I will be shot for saying this, but I kinda like the show. I like the fact the "contestants" who try to b.s. always get caught by by HALfiger. The fact that Tommy looked at HALfiger dead in the eye and said that he didn't change the pattern and that he didn't have much help sealed his fate (yea!). Like TH isn't watching in the background...mwah hahahaha! Maybe he can read lips, too..."What are you doing, Tommy? Fouling up! You stupid idiot, don't say your evil scheme outloud--hatch it quietly! That's the first rule of being a evil schemer! Of course, this is Tommy, who was so overt in everything else, why should I expect anything differently... he is so overtly flaming, you could light a cigarette off his butt...FLAME ON!
BTW, are you sure that's Julie and not Joan Kennedy?
7 of 11 | Posted by Helenann | Posted on July 5, 2005 12:03 AM
They kept interrupting the show locally for thunderstorm warnings and radar pans that lasted at least 5 minutes at a time. Much more entertaining than The Cut.
8 of 11 | Posted by jim | Posted on July 5, 2005 1:24 PM
Robs little "I'm gulty spending money on myself cuz I spend all mine on my kids" story wouldve been more beleivable if he didnt go out of his way to tell every person in a 5 mile radius.
Even moeny his kids have socks with holes in em and he has a "daddys only" playstation 2.
9 of 11 | Posted by Eddiebosox | Posted on July 6, 2005 7:38 AM
Wouldn't you think Tommy would have had greater success with a biography? And to make The Cut worse than it already is, the guy who really calls the shots at Tommy's place is a man named Peter Connolly ... Connolly made himself an Executive Producer of the show and nobody seems to know what experience he had for that. So, the show is being shot down by its own people.
Parting thought: how bad does a show's ratings have to be before it's pulled?
10 of 11 | Posted by Chris | Posted on July 13, 2005 4:33 PM
I love it!
11 of 11 | Posted by D, Delaware | Posted on July 21, 2005 10:49 AM