October 20, 2003
We watch it...
so you don't have to!
Tonight Tara and I stopped all of the important things going on in our house (hah) to spend a few quality minutes watching The Next Joe Millionaire. All during the day I heard many people proclaiming how they weren't going to watch this show because it looked "horrible" and "pathetic". I'm sorry, weren't you the ones talking about Friends the other day and telling each other what the Osbournes or Anna Nicole did last week? Don't get me started.
C'mon, for as horrible as Fox is and as crazy Rupert Murdock continues to prove he can be, how can you miss this on purpose? They get a bunch of horrible, trashy european women who proclaim that they are looking for love, and then watch their reactions as they tell them that David Smith is worth 80 million dollars.
The guy they picked for this show is far better than Evan Marriott. He is genuine and actually has a head on his shoulders. He doesn't dress differently from his actual personality so therefore his performance for the women is much more real. I find him to be more interesting to watch and judging from the previews he will actually have a hard time with the decisions he is making and the games he is playing with the women on this show.
Onto the ladies..(can I say that again?)...ahem. My original statement about them is 100% accurate. Most of the group is what I would deem to be Eurotrash. Vapid, heartless women who are cattier than a box of kittens, wearing kitten masks and....okay so the reference is horrible but you get the idea. They are all bucking for his cash (heh) and fighting with each other. I predict tonight that this will be a far better season than the first.
Not to mention that their different cultures and languages are adding to the game at every turn. Each one has their own preconceived notions of the United States and cowboys, which is pretty funny. Plus the themesong on the fox website cracks me up. Do yourself a favor and check out an episode or two.