Slog - Comments on In Defense of (and in Love with) Crowned http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned As Eli noted yesterday, last night brought the premiere episode of Crowned, the new CW reality show in which teams of mother-daughter pageant queens live in a house together and compete for...something. "Crowned is the first in an onslaught of nonscripted programs to hit the networks' schedule since the Hollywood writers' strike began," notes the Washington Post. "If Crowned is any indicator of what to expect, viewers are in for a thoroughly depressing 2008." That's one way to look at it. Another is: holy crap! Despite it's complete immersion in/obsession with/exploitation of grotesque meaningless bullshit, Crowned scores major points... Copyright 2008 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:49:19 -0800 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:11:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by adrian david, i love you.

]]> adrian http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873211 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873211 TV Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:05:09 -0800 Comment by Katelyn I tried to watch this but found it too awful to bear. I did like the cutting of the sash, which was reminiscent of the cutting of the umbilical cord. No one ever told me pageant ladies were so ugly, either... some of them were cute but most of them made me wince.

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873217 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873217 TV Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:13:26 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave I find this show entertaining in the most horrific way.

The woman with the future pornstar daughter, who went to reform school...so broken. no wonder he daughter is such a fuck up.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873229 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873229 TV Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:24:05 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell Mmm. Sequins and silicone. It's like a drag show.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873247 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873247 TV Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:36:32 -0800 Comment by addicted to tv That clip had the quickest most nauseating cuts ever. I've got a freaking headache. But I must say that the show looks disgustingly appetizing.

]]> addicted to tv http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873255 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873255 TV Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:43:03 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty And let's not forget that there's an actors' strike looming. Most of the major film studios will be shutting down productions by March or so. Oh boy! Looks like 2008 will be a pretty forgettable year as far as movies and TV.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873265 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873265 TV Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:51:04 -0800 Comment by Jo I just couldn't bring myself to watch this.

What watching the commercials did do, however, is remind me that what I love most about my mom is that she would never in a million years even consider entering herself or her kids in a beauty pageant.

]]> Jo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873281 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873281 TV Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:05:52 -0800 Comment by K Dear Bob in Heaven, someone please pay the fucking writers already. I don't care if we have to take up a collection or install some sort of E-gold system for our downloads that goes direct to the WGA. Don't the television executives have any sense of decency? Concern for the sanity of their fellow man? Clue?

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873286 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873286 TV Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:08:49 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways I'm getting old; I kept mishearing the de-sashing as de-SNATCHING.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873300 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873300 TV Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:18:49 -0800 Comment by Stella i get the rubber-necking at a traffic accident appeal (i watched too). a number of the people are horrible! by that i mean their personalities. but how about a little more accuracy in the reporting of the facts. out of what 11 sets of contestants, only two teams used the word "bombshell" - that is hardly "most". and i think it's great the team that had the most points in the "first impression" contest last night was the team that another harried team find outfits that would work for them. i doubt i'll watch on nights when there are alternatives (i don't have cable, and my dvd wasn't working), but if there's nothing else on, i'll watch what is surely to escalate in bad behavior.

]]> Stella http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873314 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873314 TV Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:34:59 -0800 Comment by infrequent bad unscripted TV will force the writer's strike to end sooner. the unfortunate outcome being that we, the internet viewer, will have to pay. there's no way the networks are going to pass up the opportunity to both make more money, and make the writer's look like the bad ones.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873335 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873335 TV Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:54:58 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi If this is the best TV can offer, I guess I will be meeting my 52 book goal this year.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873462 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873462 TV Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:21:08 -0800 Comment by David Schmader For what it's worth, when I finished watching the mom and daughter models, I finished reading James Baldwin's "Another Country," and goddamn it was good.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873690 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c873690 TV Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:35:00 -0800 Comment by bd It occurs to me that there may be a queer revenge afoot here:

Before this is over, we might well be seeing all sorts of polls on which mother-daughter duo men would most like to double-dip.

]]> bd http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c874107 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/in_defense_of_and_in_love_with_crowned#c874107 TV Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:11:38 -0800