America has changed. Male and female roles have changed. Romantic, marital and sexual motivations have changed. I realize things began changing big time 30 to 40 years ago but you just saw the reality-televised crystallization of that change during the Finale of DeAnna Pappas' role as The Bachelorette on ABC. (Full Story)
Published in Bachelorette on Jul 10, 2008 - 02:34 AM RRMID_13621
The Bachelorette: DeAnna Mired In The Fog Of War (More)
Forgive me but I've always yearned to point out that Bachelor Executive Producer Mike Fleiss is responsible for some of the most disgusting motion pictures ever made — including the slaughter-snuff-porn Hostel autopsy epics. (Full Story)
Published in Bachelorette on Jun 22, 2008 - 01:17 AM RRMID_8240
The Bachelorette: Finally. The Most Shocking... EVER! (More)
Gee, I don’t know what to say. I feel empty. I feel puzzled. Maybe I’m even feeling a teensie bit used, and offended (I know after watching a reality show like “Cheaters” that’s sort of, like, impossible). Unclean, even; upended. How do you begin to write about a massive train crash? It’s sort of like what Woody Allen said at one time: somebody might as well throw a blanket over me. Man, two months of Monday nights in the toilet. And I know it’s a BIG secret and all, but here am I some schlepp freelance writer and I could have flagged down producer Fleiss and his cohorts and told them that Jen Schefft was a fruitcake waiting to implode. She doesn’t like Andrew Firestone? Of course not! He’s just handsome, intelligent, honorable, humorous, wealthy, ambitious, has wonderful parents, wants to be married and raise a family. Oh, I see, let me get this straight... he’s not perfect. Excuse me... let’s try calling Zeus next time, Jen. Or Morpheus. Or, preferably, Hannibal Lecter. But then he probably enjoys the wrong brand of yogurt, or something. (Full Story)
Published in Bachelorette on Mar 03, 2005 - 12:29 AM RRMID_14347
The Bachelorette: Men Tell All, Jen In A Pickle (More)
I’ll lay down bets that Monday night’s obligatory “The Men Tell All” didn’t change many hard-wired perceptions of anyone following Jen Schefft and the current The Bachelorette season. I suppose this penultimate exercise, while annoyingly entertaining in a street corner fight sort of way, served to merely congeal the already faint and unfocused snapshots we have ourselves hustled away from the show. Summary judgments such as, say, that Jen remains ardently disconnected from any romantic zeal for any of her suitors, or that Andrew Firestone remains a fantastic fellow, or that Fabrice is an erotic fraud, were simply---within the hour---cemented in stone. (Full Story)
Published in Bachelorette on Feb 23, 2005 - 05:03 PM RRMID_8504
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. ABC's The Bachelor/Bachelorette franchise, once a madcap demon in the weekly Nielsens, can no longer toast itself with even half of the ratings it once garnered in its heyday---and that's a rickety, wobbly half at that. (Full Story)
Published in Bachelorette on Feb 16, 2005 - 12:49 PM RRMID_14835
Meet Trista And Ryan Sutter From The Bachelorette (More)
Win a double date with Trista and Ryan Sutter to support K-Y Brand National Date Night. “The Bachelorette” duo to inspire one lucky couple to
“Save The Date” for romance. (Full Story)
Published in Bachelorette on Jul 13, 2004 - 02:08 PM RRMID_7996
The Bachelorette: The Men Tell All, February 19th (More)
