Project Runaway

On Jan 27 was the premiere of the new season of Project Runway Canada. I was totally excited because it is one of the very few reality shows I bother watching. Yes it is about competition but there is a good balance between that and creativity. There is drama but it is not excessivelyhyped up. But I was utterly disappointed by what was presented in this first show. The next morning I got an email from Nel expressing almost exactly what I was feeling:

Project Runway – Seriously? Ottawa? Too expensive to shoot in Toronto and have it in a plausible fashion Mecca? As opposed to some bullsh*t out in the middle of nowhere locale? That workroom looks like an abandoned Mormon church in Utah! 2 dropouts in one show because they were sick? Don’t these idiots get screened, you know for normal health stuff? Ulcer man – if he wasn’t such a pussy, I mean whats an ulcer or two when you are morbidly obese? Seriously, he was all “my body is trying to flush out the toxins”. I am thinking – maybe it’s trying to create pockets for you to store your fat? Maybe? No? Definitely Sick? No wonder, I am not a doctor. Don’t even get me started on Anxiety girl – did you see her sketch? I am not surprised b*tch had anxiety over her bs cred that she is going to win this. [Sidenote – I am kinda sick of the whole “I am going to win” story arc, cus those a**holes always get kicked out, leave, cheat and leave – aka MASSIVE FAIL]. Guy from Barrie, who is dressed like Madonna circa 1980, with the bloody earring and the arm band tattoo and the wife beater and the mardi gras beads around his neck is sooooo on my sh*t list. As is, the guy – Dwayne, I think who keeps yelping “HEY HEY HEY!” – shut your ass up Cristian Siriano reject and find better jeans! Also Iman’s opening scene weave looked like the biggest (as Cristian says) “tackity tack” this side of the planet. Current favourite? Is that Nigerian girl Ade-something (Adejoke) who won the first round – she actually has it together and isn’t all up her own ass. Stupid twats, the lot of them – including Brian Bailey – 86 that goddamn moustache, you are NOT Brad Pitt or Burt Reynolds! STOP TRYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN!

I am really pissed about those two people that dropped out. They knew before the competition started they had a problem and they still accepted the invitation. They should have thought about all the other people they were taking this opportunity from. This is a strenuous competition and if you know you can’t handle it don’t take the spot of someone who can.

And I have to say I am not impressed with the people that were picked this year. Last year from the first show, even though their designs weren’t totally polished, I was impressed by the contestants’ creativity. But when I saw these dresses at the start of this new season they looked uninspired and tacky. And that girl, Camille, who was the first to get kicked off totally deserved it. After seeing that dress I don’t know how she made it there in the first place. The dress was simply ugly. The colours were wrong, the design was juvenile, and the overall construction was sloppy.

Project Runway Canada is supposed to showcase talent and creativity of the people in this country but if that is the best we can come up with then the show shouldn’t go on. I really hope these contestants improve next week.

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