#hate-watch

[overinvolvedmom]

The Grantham menace: I can't quit you, 'Downton Abbey'

Does Julian Fellowes use his cell or his landline when he phones in “Downton Abbey” each week?

Last night’s episode on PBS was markedly better than the season premiere, as I didn’t find myself coming up with ideas for new drinking games to get me through the experience.  (more…)

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[brandenpalomo]

A brand new Hidden Track has escaped from the vaults, in which our heroes ask: "Will you watch the Grammys with us?"

http://youtu.be/eKZg1MGIYec

[ub-sessed]

v. To watch a TV show, movie, or actor that one vigorously dislikes. Also: hatewatch. -n.

WHY would anybody do this? Don't people already have enough to be unhappy about? Where do they even find the TIME?

[elledeau]

Here's how I know the internet is not a place for me

I don't have it in me to hate-watch and then hate-tumble, or hate-tweet an event. I just don't. I would love to say I have BETTER things to do with my time. I'm not sure that's accurate. I just have OTHER things to do with my time. Things that don't include suffering through several hours of  advertisement and cultural appropriation disguised as some of the most boring, trite "music" ever made.

[culturecabaret-blog]

(Image from allthingsrh.com)

Whether or not I am sickened by the idea of my viewership adding to the riches and critical narcissism or every Bravolebrity, I’m hopelessly addicted to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Ergo, when I saw the promo for Vanderpump Rules on a commercial break of monday’s episode, I marked the date in my calendar. Because I have a problem, and I even watch the spin-offs. Although Beverly Hills cast member Lisa Vanderpump is the namesake of the new Bravo show, the series ostensibly has very little to do with her. The focal point is the hot sexy staff of Vanderpump’s restaurant SUR and their hot sexy interbreeding and social dalliances. Oh, and the name is an abbreviation, meaning Sexy Unique Restaurant. Which is PERFECT, because the type of employee it attracts clearly speaks in abbrevs. You know, normal words have too many letters to remember. The gals are doe-eyed, waifish, and tan, the dudes are gym rats with shorn chests, and everyone sleeps with each other. At SUR, they take shots, party, go skinny dipping, make out, put on cabarets, and dance. They go “wooo!” alot. They curse each other out. One of the dudes tells a girl “You’re a disease in this place.” We can’t help but wonder if he may be speaking literally and this restaurant ends up developing its own strain of Chlamydia. Now there’s a plot twist! Whining, infighting, and that signature Bravo self-obsession and exhibitionism are plentiful. What seems to be missing from the show is the part where they seat people and take orders. Like, do their jobs.  So It’s like the cast of The Hills with the tempers of The Bad Girl’s Club, but there are dudes, and  everyone is forced into the same space regularly under the guise of “working” together. But the thing that may make it watchable is the fact that there is someone to yell at all of them and let them know how not special and poorly behaved they are. Enter the honorable judge Vanderpump and her no-bullshit attitude delivered in that British accent that gives every reprimand that much more bite. At one of the staff meetings, she yells out over her roost of horny chicklets, “I’m glad this is playtime to you, because it’s not playtime to me.” They hang their heads in shame, like puppies who have dirtied the floor. Likely, she will make someone cry. Instead of just shouting insults at the screen like the people will hear them, she will hopefully do some of that work for us. Albeit, in a largely permissive manner, and in a fashion that Bravo intended to be “motherly.” In either case, I will be curled up on my couch watching the premiere, relishing in the hate-watch joy. My new years resolution to get rid of trash TV can wait til 2014.

Check out the trailer here! 

Vanderpump Rules premieres on Monday, January 7, 2013 at 9:00 ET

[culturecabaret-blog]

"I really like vintage film. Like really old stuff. From like the 1990s."

[culturecabaret-blog]

Today in hate-watching is the extended ad for Lady Gaga's "Fame." Is the 45 second televised version not enough surrealist skillfuckery for you? Spend 5 minutes of your life watching Gaga ink all over her dancers and undulate her PVC-clad body to atonal screeching and chanting. You'll be glad you did. And, the perfume smells like daquiri mix! Yum. PS, there are 3 and a half minutes of credits. Ya know, lots of little monsters to thank. 

[effiemoon]

Glee hate-watch: S4E01

- they just swapped one white girl with brown hair for another - is this how called nyada or glee cos I'm seeing more NYC than I should, which is none. - why is the new Rachel allowed to sing a full song when the black guy (I forgot his name) got cut off even tho he was like wayyyy better. Glee you're asking for the "is it cos he's black?" comment - Kurt didn't get into nyada so he goes to community college? Didn't he apply to any other NYC schools or actual unis? - what's with people creeping on others singing in the shower? - seriously tho why am I seeing so much of Rachel. She graduated! - glee is cool now? Yeah ok - seriously jake didn't make it cos he got angry that you cut him off and no one else? - Rachel never cared if people were included as long as she was in the spotlight - who jump ropes in high school? - every song scene has been dumb as shit - can someone slushie Blaine? - so Wade just transfers and is in glee? That's how it works now? - do glee is basically all white people except for wade? - also that dude at nyada? HOMO. - ok so Kurt is just leaving for NYC? No plan or anything. New York will eat him alive. Just cos it's got more gays than Lima doesn't mean he'll fit in. - she even dresses like Rachel!!!! Wtf Ryan Murphy are you that lack for writers. - we get it dude! You wear dresses! You're different. Apparently wade is the new Kurt apparently. - you don't know me! - puckerman!!!!! The hotness is genetic! - wow...is shue actually TEACHING? - lemme guess Kurt's gonna find Rachel in the middle of NYC? - they actually just swapped white girls. - omfg I was right! OMG Ryan Murphy you suck so much. Who writes this crap?