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All Creatures Hate and Small
Actually, I want to add something else to that list of things I hate that everyone else loves: The Amazing Race.
Sure, it’s a slightly more compelling reality show than many others, what with all the exotic locales. But at the end of the day, I’m stuck watching several pairs of truly quite horrendous, appalling people; all of whom do not deserve to get free plane/train/bus/boat tickets or car hire to travel the world and see sights and have experiences the rest of us can only dream of (or watch at a variety of different timeslots on television).
And that fucking Vyxsin and Kynt can both suck my fucking cock. Clearly at some point, CBS decided that it would be great to have Goths on the show. Then, at some further point, they decided that having actual Goths might be a bit too risky, so they hired a raging fag and a plain looking girl with big cans, and made them into a family friendly, committee driven ideal of what Goths would be like if they were designed by Disney. And the committee failed miserably, because that dude looks like fucking Dita Von Teese. And while Dita Von Teese does indeed have Gothic overtones, a man who looks like Dita Von Teese does not.
Memo to Kynt: It doesn’t matter how black your nail polish is – if your eyeshadow is pink, your lips are silver, your eyebrows look like Jeannie Little drew them on, and your hot pink zebra striped shirt is exactly the same as your “girlfriend’s” (HAAAA) hot pink zebra striped shirt - you’re a poofter, not a Goth.
Wait, what was my point again?
Sure, it’s a slightly more compelling reality show than many others, what with all the exotic locales. But at the end of the day, I’m stuck watching several pairs of truly quite horrendous, appalling people; all of whom do not deserve to get free plane/train/bus/boat tickets or car hire to travel the world and see sights and have experiences the rest of us can only dream of (or watch at a variety of different timeslots on television).
And that fucking Vyxsin and Kynt can both suck my fucking cock. Clearly at some point, CBS decided that it would be great to have Goths on the show. Then, at some further point, they decided that having actual Goths might be a bit too risky, so they hired a raging fag and a plain looking girl with big cans, and made them into a family friendly, committee driven ideal of what Goths would be like if they were designed by Disney. And the committee failed miserably, because that dude looks like fucking Dita Von Teese. And while Dita Von Teese does indeed have Gothic overtones, a man who looks like Dita Von Teese does not.
Memo to Kynt: It doesn’t matter how black your nail polish is – if your eyeshadow is pink, your lips are silver, your eyebrows look like Jeannie Little drew them on, and your hot pink zebra striped shirt is exactly the same as your “girlfriend’s” (HAAAA) hot pink zebra striped shirt - you’re a poofter, not a Goth.
Wait, what was my point again?
And, of course, they could be bi...
I'm fairly certain they also amped up the stereotyping to be able to go on The Amazing Race, which as you pointed out, is one of the sweetest deals in $1,000,000 dollar reality programming.
I love it, though. There's always teams to root for (I'm partial to TK and Rachel this season, and the lesbian pastors who said up front that God didn't care who won The Amazing Race earned my undying devotion for that), and though it dipped in quality quite badly for awhile there, when done right I find it compelling, and such a strong, basic idea for a show that it's hard to screw up too badly. Occasionally, poor planning and shooting means they've tried, but I still like it.
But I watch a shitload of stuff, so don't trust my judgment on this.