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Is Herc Appalled By Abdul’s New Reality Show??
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Ozzy Osborne has little to fear from Paula Abdul. “Hey Paula,” Bravo’s new unscripted series trailing the tiny “American Idol” judge, falls somewhere between “Being Bobby Brown” and “The Anna Nicole Show” (still perhaps the most tedious reality series ever forged) on the unscripted celebrity train-wreck scale.
“Paula” teaches us only one thing, really: The former pop-star’s servant-studded life is poor fodder for a reality series.
The opening episode struggles manfully to squeeze drama out of her visit to the Pennsylvania studios of the QVC home-shopping channel. The big crisis is a packing mix-up that forces the celeb to ride a plane in shoes and trousers she deems uncomfortable. Insipid “comic relief” is provided by Abdul conversing with her ill-behaved Chihuahuas.
But what matters Herc’s opinion?
TV Guide says:
… Celebreality is the emptiest form of guilty pleasure, and this pathetic time-waster is no different. … a dull train wreck.
Entertainment Weekly says:
… Hey Paula isn't on the same bleak plane as, say, Chasing Farrah, but it still mystifies. As Abdul diddles and flits her way through life aided by a support staff that appears utterly incompetent, you begin to understand her uncharacteristically abusive outbursts.…
Variety says:
… All "Hey Paula" teaches viewers is that nothing that goes wrong in her life is ever her fault. Now, the big question is whether viewers will care about a day in the life of the "Idol" judge. … As in any reality show, much of the drama and dialogue is amped up for entertainment's sake, but even then, gems such as "I'm tired of people not treating me like the gift that I am," and, "At first, people see me as a celebrity, but then they realize I'm just an everyday girl," seem a bit too calculated. …
The Hollywood Reporter says:
… surprisingly and devastatingly candid … What's different about the series is that it puts Abdul's tantrums into context. It offers this unspoken explanation: If you had the pressure of a hit show, a carnivorous press, various self-titled businesses and a zillion functions to attend, you too might be sleep-deprived, demanding and insecure. Viewed from that perspective, Abdul is something of a wonder. …
The Los Angeles Times says:
… a window into the high-pressure, histrionics-plagued and very lonely life of an already overexposed celebrity. … Destined to be what was once referred to as a camp classic, "Hey Paula" attempts to show the hard work it takes to be Paula Abdul. In this, it succeeds. … That the show has Abdul's full and enthusiastic support may relieve some of the guilt of watching this clearly troubled woman have a hissy fit over the wrong pair of sneakers, but it doesn't do much for the queasiness factor. Which remains very high.
The Washington Post says:
… We're a long way from the real world. We're in Paula World. Somehow, though, that world as depicted in "Hey Paula" is a rather dull place. … Certainly, "Hey Paula" would not have been made because of her fame as a singer-dancer-choreographer. So she makes plenty of references to "American Idol" and, in particular, her nemesis Simon Cowell. He has yet to weigh in publicly on "Hey Paula" but we can almost hear his two-word review now: "Bizarrely dreadful."
The Boston Herald says:
… As she goes off on those around her, some clever camerawork catches horrified reactions from bystanders. Abdul doesn’t realize people only put up with her because of her connection to the Fox talent show, not because she has earned any respect. … Judging from the previews for the remaining six episodes, the series will spotlight Abdul having multiple meltdowns, crackups and slip-ups. Hey, Paula. Sanity is holding on line three for you. Pick up the damn phone.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel says:
… when Abdul announces peevishly, "I'm tired of people not treating me like the gift that I am" - I played the line twice, and that's what she said - she clearly doesn't mean the Bravo people, who know a gift when they see one.
The Boston Globe says:
… It's a star-in-her-natural - habitat show in the tradition of "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List," though Paula is no Kathy, and vice versa. … A little money, a little fame, and suddenly you have a team of handlers who smile through your constant whining and self-aggrandizement. Soon enough, you're dispatching your housekeeper to clean up dog poop in your yard, then asking her opinion on your $12,500 Valentino gown, then giving her a bear hug and pretending you love her. (I'd actually like to see a reality show about Abdul's maid. The woman has a killer deadpan, and she clearly sees a lot.) …
10 p.m. Thursday. Bravo.
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Just going to sit back and enjoy the moment.
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to suck celebrity dick...I saw a little clip of this show, where she's belittling her staff for not getting her sweatpants and shit, and oh man...what a complete jerk. if you're so distanced from real life worries that you don't pack your own shit for an airplane flight, then you can't get that mad if someone doesn't know exactly which outfit you're going to want to wear.the sense of entitlement celebs have would be a wonder to me, if not put in perspective next to the biggest wonder of all: why the FUCK do any of us care enough to fuel these galaxy-sized egos?where's Kathy Griffin when you need her?
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because apparently she does that alot.
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thrown out, flushed away or re-gifted to a hated rival.
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though will the way some people talk they would perfer a Simon Cowell reality show instead.
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...just a big plastic bag.
Besides, even the fucking animated cat from that filmclip would make for more interesting television.
It's just amazing how much people will believe their own press, to the exclusion of reality and any decent human behaviour.
Adbul is excused, as she is motorized walking excrement with a bad voice and worse hair. -
That's the only thing that would get me to watch this tripe. And in saying this I speak for all of America.
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We're supposed to like celebrities for what they *DO* and not for being celebrities in and of itself.
What does she *DO* anymore, besides judge a crap modern version of the Gong Show?
Paris Hilton, the Olson Twins, and a great number of other "celebrities" seem to be getting by on being famous for being famous. Why do we care? Why are they on the covers of magazines? Why do we need to know what their special diet was, or who they're fucking, or anything else?
I'm BEGGING the media to stop obsessing over non-celeb celebrities. I'm begging the public to stop watching crap like this, or reading US Magazine, Life & Style Magazine, or any of the other trashy celebrity gossip rags. GROW THE FUCK UP and stop treating these assholes like they're popular kids in America High School. -
Jun 28, 2007 12:16:59 PM CDT
Well it looks as if "The Soup" will have a new segment
by studioplant69
It's time for...
What's Paula been drinking?
Paulaholic!
Which American Idol contestant will drunk Paula try to sleep with?
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as they'd become too comfortable with their position, and begin to act as though they themselves were kingly.
Sadly in todays world we happily make the Jesters kings..and hang on their every vacant, ignorant, narcissistic word.
How anyone could sit and watch a woman, who's only claim to fame is prancing about lip-syncing with a cartoon cat, flit through life belittling people who are most probably her betters, is beyond me.
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How about more exploits of her picking up young guys on American Idol and having Fox cover it up after the relationship goes south? Great(gunshot)ing television!
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She's not any less talented than the Spears camp, still looks great with the right hair, and is an incredible dancer. Paula, get off your drunk ass and give pop music junkies another hit!
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DRINKING GAME SHOW!!! Ugh, like I need another excuse.
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I can't stand Paula Abdul. Talk about a self-absorbed narcissist who thinks she's the cat's ass, when the reality is she's a small-minded douchebag with too many "yes" people surrounding her.
She seriously is one of the dumbest, least interesting adults I've ever seen. Good thing she was kind of hot back in the day or no one would've ever noticed her. She's like human fast food.
Despite this, I'm sure the doddering American Idol sycophants will rally to make the show a moderate hit. Thus Paula will act even more shallow and self-important than she already is. What a wonderful lady.
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Paris Hilton exits from a country club (aka "jail") and the press treats her like Nelson Mandela ("People" devoted a cover to that egocentric, spoiled bitch?)...
Paula Abdul's show is palatable only when compared to Tara Reid's aborted E! series (Jesus, Abdul's gig comparatively looks like NIGHT AND FOG). Why are disreputable assholes (Hilton/Abdul) elevated to celebrity status? Thank God that Reid has been exiled to trivia competitions (screened her recent horror film, a derivative confection that made BRIDE OF THE MONSTER look like a Hitchcock polemic). I hope that Hilton and Abdul draw the same anonymity--but the media is too impassioned with both untalented bimbos. And which "Hollywood Reporter" did Abdul blow to qualify for an undeserved (almost surreal) review? -
How do you get to be a sack of crazy like Paula Abdul?
You start with a foundation of Oxycontin and you build on it. -
Classic! The only thing I remember Paula Abdul for was that godawful song she did with a poorly animated cat, sometime in the 80's (or was it the 90's - I can't remember). It's amazing how people who cling to "celebrity" get their own TV shows - as if anyone even slightly sane is going to be interested in watching some has-been, now famous for giving her "expert opinions" on shitty wannabe singers. Quite pathetic. I shudder to think what the TV executives have got up their sleeves for the future. This show sounds on a par with the David Gest show that bombed over here (in the UK) a couple of months ago. It's a sad state of affairs that celebrity now consists of ex-Big Brother contestants (total and utter losers ), those whose careers burned out many years ago only to resurface on some "celeb" game show (I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! I'm looking at you), and people who've fucked one of the above. What happened to real talent and star quality? You'll not find it on The X Factor, or American Idol, that's for sure. Rant over!
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CNN is the "network you can trust?" Yeah, like a used car salesman. The "news" network treated Hilton like royalty (according to IMdB, a time clock was posted, chronicling a countdown until Hilton was released from "prison"). All of this adulation--interviews, the "Paris is really a good girl" defense, et al--was capped-off with Larry King serving as Hilton's press agent. Fuck CNN and any network that affords Abdul some sort of credence as a "talent."
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oopsie, my dog ate a valuable ring! Haw haw!
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and breaking her nose? That might be worth watching.The only reason anyone will watch this show is due to the "car crash" factor. People are curious. Like Elen Degeneres said in EdTV, you don't want to see that head rolling down the highway but you look all the same. This has got to be one of the stupidest ideas for a TV show and hopefully will be cancelled by the first commercial break (and its creators and all involved in its production are banned from TV forevermore).
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And the masses will eat it up, unfortunately. Altho, I might watch highlights of her stepping out of her swimming pool or shower. 8^O
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Don't know if the masses will "eat it up"; they spit out Tara Reid and will likely sustain enough good taste to avoid another helping of Abdul.
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