So, I think we are all aware that I tend to get sucked into crappy television shows...it is not a secret and I am not ashamed. My biggest downfall is the Bravo marathons. I can get into almost any show when it is my day off and they play 6 episodes back to back. At first you think it is pretty awful, and 4 hours later - you talk about the people on the show as though they are your friends. This is what has happened to me with The Rachel Zoe project.
Stacy has been trying to get me to watch this show for months and I keep meaning to check it out and then I always forget. My Tivo can only handle so much and there is only so much bad TV a girl can take. Its football season and so my weekends are pretty much filled with overweight men in tight pants and my weeknights are filled with rich college students on Gossip Girl and far too attractive doctors on Grey's Anatomy. But alas, I have this random Thursday off and Milo is becoming less of a man today, so I have plenty of time to kill on the couch. I had set my Tivo to record 4 episodes of The Rachel Zoe Project and I was determined to watch them all today.
That brings us to now...4 hours later. I am all Zoed out and yet I could probably watch another 4 hours. Something about the show is so fascinatingly awful. She is the skinniest person I have ever seen - and not in a good way. She does have fabulous hair though. She has the strangest sayings and I cannot decide if I love or hate them. She describes anything great as being "bananas" - as in (to Liv Tyler in a dress) - "your body is bananas in that outfit." Debatable right?? She also "dies" multiple times on each episode. So many things happen to her throughout her day to which she responds "I die." And then there is Stacy's personal favorite reaction...if Rachel wants to say no to something, but doesn't want to actually say no, she simply says "unclear." As in, "Rachel, do what about wearing this vest in the photo shoot?" Rachel looks over, clearly disgusted at said vest and responds with "unclear."
Then there is Brad - her token gay. He is a stylist assistant and beyond flaming. He is probably my favorite "character" on the show. He is always dressed to the nines and super concerned about what he is going to wear to every event. He rocks a bowtie in the most adorable way and always wants to try on the ballgowns meant for their clients. He cries fairly regularly and is VERY dramatic. He has the best time at parties and loves a red carpet. He is just so so funny and amusing to watch. He has what they call a "braditude" quite often and he prefers to call it, him being snarky. He is wonderful in every way and is the main reason to keep watching the show hour after hour.
Then there is the other assistant, Taylor. She is the angsty, hipster one with horribly bleached white hair with the worst over-the-face bang swoop I have ever seen. I am dying to reach into the screen and bobby pin her hair back out of her face. She is big on black eyeliner and whining. She is always "so annoyed" by everything and she thinks she is the only one who ever does any work. She has been doing it for 3 years now and feels she has no more room to grow. She tends to be all work and no play and says she will show up to an after work event and then ends up emailing Rachel on her Blackberry and canceling. Thus, she has earned the nickname "Bailer" - get it Taylor, Baylor...Bailer. Its amazing.
All in all, I am aware that is isn't really quality television, nor is it stimulating my mind in any way, but it sure has made my day off enjoyable and provided for some laughs and even more hilarious after-show conversations with Stacy. I am not sure if I will be a regular watcher, but I could probably get sucked back in with another marathon...
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