More Signs Of The Coming Apocalypse: I Liked Posh’s Reality Show
I did, I really did: I, unlike the rest of humankind, liked “Victoria Beckham: Coming to America.”
I liked that Ms. Posh is so very obviously comfortable being a silly, vapid tart. I liked that she’s a silly, vapid tart who can laugh at her own silly, vapid posturing. I liked that she made fun of the current run of Hollywood tartlets flouncing around town ‘without any knickers,’ and that she advised them to ‘keep the boobs in if the legs are out,’ without the slightest hint of irony.
I liked that she is transparently obsessive about her own looks, but that she could still come off as a reserved, albeit overtanned, naif in the company of drunk, botoxed Beverly Hills socialites (who, together, were the very personification of Cirque Du Trailer Park Acid Fantasy.) I liked that she got drunk and made fun of said socialites.
I liked that she made Perez Hilton nervous, and that she called Eddie Murphy Beverly HIlls C*ck.
I liked that she made a blow-up doll of herself and stuck it in her SUV-limo to fool paparazzi. I liked that the paparazzi were fooled.
I liked that she surprised me. I went into watching the show expecting to have all of my assumptions about Victoria Beckham – that she’s a silly fame-whore who very possibly shouldn’t have allowed to procreate – confirmed. I went into watching the show expecting to change the channel within minutes.
I didn’t change the channel.
So – anyone with me in campaigning NBC to bring Posh back to reality television? Then we can keep each other company during that long handbasket ride down to hell.
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I hope it gets on YouTube or something soon, since I’m a freak and don’t have cable, and the more I read about Posh, the more I like her. She seems oddly… normal, dare I say? Normal for what she is, I guess.
To my eternal shame, I loved it. I want to hang out with Posh and have some cocktails or at least hang out with my friends and have some cocktails while we watch Posh hanging out with her friends and having some ridiculously expensive cocktails.
Liked it…. loved the dmv pose!
I liked it, and I liked her. She surprised me. she’s not brilliant but not dumb either. she was witty and funny, and completely likable.
I also liked it! She seemed quite nice!!
PLEEEEEZ let them make it a regular thing. At least for one season, until we get tired of her. You’re right, the blow up doll thing was magik.
i loved it. was it only a one night special? I was hoping it was a series…
I liked it too. I’d watch it if they brought it back.
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I tried to explain this appeal to my husband last night–I can’t explain it, but I liked it. Especially when she said to the snooty real estate agent, “But aren’t all houses built from the ground up?”
I also expected to hate this, but LOVED it. Normally I don’t buy in to reality shows, but holy geez she cracked me up.