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Note: "Anchorwoman" premiered Wednesday, was canceled Thursday.
My Wednesday review: 'ANCHORWOMAN' ZERO STARS7 to 8 p.m. this Wednesday, then 7 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays on WFLD-Channel 32
August 21, 2007
BY DOUG ELFMAN Television Critic
As a feminist, I don't want to crassly bash a woman's appearance, but since the crass premise of "Anchorman" is that the lead, Lauren Jones, is hot-hot-hot, I just have to say she's not-not-not.
Like Pam Anderson, Jones looks like a female female impersonator. She's good-looking from far away, with dyed and straightened hair, mega-waxed eyebrows and glob makeup. That's TV pretty, not actual pretty.
In other words, maybe she should anchor a local newscast in tiny Tyler, Texas. That's what a TV station -- and Fox -- thought. They hired the former Bob Barker "beauty" to pack her sequined bikini and take her Kabuki-ish theater there.
The result is a "partially scripted reality show" (whatever that means) that edits scenes so as to make people look ridiculous while clashing over artificial constructs.
One anchor-producer at the station says journalistic credibility means everything to her -- but then we see her on the air beaming, "That's why boys have cooties!"
Jones can't wait to meet "hot cowboys," and is confused about objectivity. "This is such a good opportunity for me to really voice my opinions about things like --- I don't know -- terrorism," she says. (Terrorism is bad!)
The show's not content to make just its cast look stupid. A townie talks about Jones, and he speaks so hickishly, Fox subtitles his drawl.
None of this is amusing, unless you can't get enough of TV shows depicting Americans as imbeciles to make you feel better about yourself by contrast.
delfman@suntimes.com
My Wednesday review: 'ANCHORWOMAN' ZERO STARS7 to 8 p.m. this Wednesday, then 7 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays on WFLD-Channel 32
August 21, 2007
BY DOUG ELFMAN Television Critic
As a feminist, I don't want to crassly bash a woman's appearance, but since the crass premise of "Anchorman" is that the lead, Lauren Jones, is hot-hot-hot, I just have to say she's not-not-not.
Like Pam Anderson, Jones looks like a female female impersonator. She's good-looking from far away, with dyed and straightened hair, mega-waxed eyebrows and glob makeup. That's TV pretty, not actual pretty.
In other words, maybe she should anchor a local newscast in tiny Tyler, Texas. That's what a TV station -- and Fox -- thought. They hired the former Bob Barker "beauty" to pack her sequined bikini and take her Kabuki-ish theater there.
The result is a "partially scripted reality show" (whatever that means) that edits scenes so as to make people look ridiculous while clashing over artificial constructs.
One anchor-producer at the station says journalistic credibility means everything to her -- but then we see her on the air beaming, "That's why boys have cooties!"
Jones can't wait to meet "hot cowboys," and is confused about objectivity. "This is such a good opportunity for me to really voice my opinions about things like --- I don't know -- terrorism," she says. (Terrorism is bad!)
The show's not content to make just its cast look stupid. A townie talks about Jones, and he speaks so hickishly, Fox subtitles his drawl.
None of this is amusing, unless you can't get enough of TV shows depicting Americans as imbeciles to make you feel better about yourself by contrast.
delfman@suntimes.com
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