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I couldn't find a related post, so I'll mention here that Garcelle is featured in a great comedy called "Survival of the Thickest." On Netflix. Garcelle plays a snooty celebrity who is styled by the lead character.

In the 1960s/70s the federal government convinced many Native Americans to leave their reservations, or their allotments, and move their families to big American cities, promising them jobs and homes. Guess how that worked out? As a result of this and other events, according to the latest Census, and more specifically the National Council of Urban Indian Health, approximately 70% of enrolled tribal members do not live on reservations at this time. I don't think this is true in contemporary times. I don't have statistics, but some Native people have moved to cities in order to work for the federal government, such as DC (Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Health Service), or they commute long distances each day from their reservations, such as from the Navajo Nation and pueblos to work in Albuquerque and Gallup. As controversial as they are, the casinos have poured many dollars and jobs into tribal communities. Some Native kids go to present-day tribal colleges, some of which are within the regions where they grew up. There are STEM programs targeted to Native students. I've heard many a Native student or young adult say he or she will return to work on or near a reservation, giving something back. 30 years ago, it was a different story. And on some reservations that are remote and have no economic resources, things are still very bad. See the new move "War Pony."

Yes, definitely Native culture and terminology. Some of my Native friends who live on reservations also say "reservation curs." In many cases, there are too many dogs running freely and producing too many puppies (as elsewhere). The U of Minnesota has a program where vet students, some of whom are Native, go into these communities and treat the animals and do spay/neuter.

Not to get too off-topic, but some contemporary Native folks have started using "adjusted" in place of "assimilated." Too lengthy to explain here, but it has to do with their personal understanding of history and experience, and their determination to use their own words for their own experiences.

I cannot remember the exact event, but she violated a legal no-no and got caught. I wondered about this too and figured they didn't have enough money. But "pandemic" makes perfect sense. The little physical bits are funny. I laughed at the visiting attorney who was always on her cell phone, rudely raising a finger to silence everyone around her. Fisk meets her head-on. I'm dying to get the gorgeous Fisk into some colorful clothes.

Several White boarding-school proponents have been credited with declaring "In order to save the man we need to kill the Indian." Or "Kill the Indian in him, and save the man." Initially the abuse was excused as punishment for failing to be obedient, but at some locations it became wide-scale horror, including systematic sexual abuse and murder (severe beatings, untreated illness and injury, malnutrition, etc.). The management of the majority of the schools was contracted out by the federal government to Christian overseers, such as the Jesuits, and it attracted hateful racists, pedophiles and sadists. I visited a former boarding school out West many years ago and admired the beautiful gift shop that was built of local stone. The Indian shop managers explained that the labor to move those heavy stones to the building site was done by young children and teenagers who boarded at the school. They pointed out the graves of the children who died doing that work. In fairness, I have read books by or about Indians who described more benevolent treatment. And some Indian parents volunteered their children for school because their families were starving, homeless, etc. Acts of desperation. Without dismissing the cruelty, the more damaging issue may be tearing so many children from their families and the purposeful annihilation of an entire culture.

I couldn't finish the episode and I didn't watch the next. It's all so lackluster and yet trashy. Porn stars, the reappearance of the loathsome Joao, yet more men in stupid costumes...

This is interesting because I would have thought Mina would have stayed with her development business forever, even with Karen gone. She was happy a few years ago when the municipality altered zoning regs and made life easier (and therefore richer) for developers. Given other clues we saw on the show and elsewhere, I wondered if Mina became overextended and was struggling financially. Building costs skyrocketed due to COVID (supply chain issues). She was definitely showing signs of stress. Working for someone else is a loss of freedom and control, but I assume they are offering her big bucks, and perhaps her life will be more stable for her young family.

Who is always aware of the cameras. Sitting there on the edge of her judge's stool with her leg extended for the most flattering angle. I also noticed her repeated passive-aggresive jabs at Mimi: "Miss America." "Beauty Queen." "Of course she (Mimi) takes her time leaving the runway." Careful Mimi. Don't steal too much spotlight from this deluded idiot. Prajje is so nasty sometimes, but he takes the judges' criticism hard and then I feel sorry for him. I didn't think his look was awful. Korto is bitter and angry and it's consuming her. I was bored by Rami's, although I appreciate how difficult it was to make (charmeuse on the bias). Christian and Kara Saun both knew she was phoning it in and simply trying to promote her Fairy Godmother brand. I hate that they wasted a competitor spot that could have gone to a better designer who tried harder. Same here, in college. A lot of young women fashioned this look out of scarves. Wasn't a fan of the sob stories or the carefully-crafted political statements. Can't we just look at beautiful clothes? There were more production people that judges and contestants. A whole crowd jammed on the side of the runway.

Kara Saun, the Ghost of Liberace wants his jacket back. You can keep the cape.

Nandor coming back to life at the word "Ass."

The "scripting" is desperate famewhores who know what producers want and are prepared to deliver it, aided by heavy drinking and occasional mental illness (vulnerability), nudged by producers whispering in said famewhores' ears and clearly manipulating and rewarding their behaviors with camera time and invitations back to the show. Editing plays a big part. Added attractions for the famewhores are the cross-promotions that add more income and media exposure. The boring ones are not invited back. The famewhores are not hoping to evolve their yachting careers. They want to be discovered by Hollywood, or become influencers, or make a living via sponsored appearances. They've seen this work for some of their colleagues, at least in the short term. Yachting has nothing to do with it, other than serving as a production set. It's not scripted according to traditional entertainment methods. Reality TV "scripted" means heavily manipulated by production and willing participants to produce a storyline. Producers don't know exactly what will happen each day, but they can predict based on each personality, the environment (e.g., drinking, hot tub, guest cabin access) and their "suggestions." I posted earlier that I'd read about a sexual assault in one of the Bravo shows (unknown). The more I think about it and how things have unfolded, I think that post was referring to the Luke and Laura scenario. The timing fits. It's possible that when it happened, someone made the anonymous post in real-time or a little later. Meanwhile, in real-time, production already had the footage but instead of hiding it, they decided to course-correct by adding the talking heads and re-orient the editing. As others have suggested, production scrambled to react and salvage Bravo's reputation because they were worried about being exposed. Drunken, naked men and women crawl into each others' bunks all of the time on this show, and in the guest cabins. Haven't we heard at least one other drunken guest cabin incident where - a man I think - kept saying no while a woman crawled all over him? I believe there have been other very ugly incidents, caught on camera or sound, that we don't know about. Luke's behavior was notable because of his violence in slamming the doors and refusing to cooperate with the camera crew.

Depending on how you feel about Jerry Seinfeld, Bridgette joins him for an episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Which is exactly what they do. On Netflix.

I never heard of this show until last night. I thought the same thing about this granny. She is Cajun! I hear south Louisiana in her voice. I'm sorry to agree - I love Maya in everything else she's done. But she seemed to be phoning this in. And I have come to hate the relentlessly perky and chatty competitor trope. It's like a bad parody. But I love baking and I will finish this for the grannies!

According to various media comments, including Primetimer, the BD franchise is now Bravo's top franchise (as opposed to housewives, etc.). I think production is trying to leverage that and reorient the series' focus and remove the tawdrier bits. I think Aesha and Jason will be their favored crew leaders, replacing the once-popular Kate and Lee. Captain Sandy will be frothing at the mouth because she craves admiration and attention. Her two postures are pouting and provocation. I still wonder if she thought production wanted her to push the sexuality ("I wish Adam was in MY bed.") and just pushed on with that despite the sexual assault. She was like a one-track machine that wouldn't turn off. I think she will do anything to leverage her appearance on the show, but as others have speculated she may also have been shaped by trauma in her past. I suffer from vertigo and seasickness. I wondered why Adam would choose to work on a wave-tossed boat. Maybe medication helped in the past but is not working now?

Bravo just can't help itself. An entire episode of virtue-signaling, followed immediately by the return of the rank misogynist Joao. It's as if they can't really believe their viewers don't want to watch such trash. Talk about mixed messages. It's interesting that they closely shaped the predator story lines. The cameras were right there, tracking its development. Aesha was talking about protecting Margot hours before the the incident happened. "I see the way he looks at you." Laura and Luke probably thought they were behaving the way production wanted them to, since that's the historical pattern. They fell for the trap. Some of Jason's speeches sounded like literal scripts (by attorneys or HR people). It's possible some of them were filmed hours or days later to play catch-up. Bravo patting itself on the back despite having let this awful behavior evolve over many seasons.

At the height of the US boarding school policy, approximately 83% of American Indian children were in boarding schools. The US is attempting to locate children's graves, and thus far they have substantiated 500.

The premise of this series is kind of one-note, but I thought the episode with the sneaky thieves was funny. I bet the actors had fun with it.

I've never heard of her. I read about the Bravo incident maybe six months to a year ago. I suspect there have been a couple of rapes or very serious sexual aggression, given Bravo production's permissive attitudes, the alcohol and the "blackout" claims (oh so convenient for all parties).

Here is the recent story about accusations about Bravo's behavior: https://pagesix.com/2023/08/04/reality-stars-battling-bravo-nbc-over-depraved-treatment/ Also, I swear I saw a post months ago that claimed someone on a Bravo show was raped during production; names weren't disclosed. But I cannot find it now. I did just spot two sexual assault charges against two former Bravo participants I've never heard of. Both physicians. I think the incidents occurred outside of/after production.

Or because they knew something like this was bound to happen, planned for it - even subtly encouraged it - then planned to make Jason a hero with his response.

Those Sharpie eyebrows are this generation's white lipstick.

The choice to show the predatory behavior is interesting timing, because some reality TV participants are claiming that Bravo's shows are unsafe, and some want to be included in a union. Also, I think production chose to show the predation, and the response, because it's trying to fix its image problem. As others have mentioned, we've seen a lot of extremely disturbing behavior on Bravo shows. And the production team is always there, including line producers. So they've stood by all these years without intervening.

She mentioned in the first episode that she has either a learning or reading disability and I think that's what we are seeing. That environment is probably very difficult for her.

Binged while waiting for more terrible weather to arrive (it didn't). I'm in the camp that questions whether Ronald remained unspoiled the entire time. But the genius of the show is that his going along can be explained by his belief that he was in a documentary and he conformed accordingly, including the always-nice-guy persona. His reaction upon learning the reality seemed a bit too glib - many people do not like being fooled and I expected him to show at least a little consternation. The biggest hint that this was not real was the courthouse staff allowing the "chants" through security and into a judge's courtroom. Not gonna happen in these days of deadly crowd violence. I laughed hard at some of the jurors' reactions and facial expressions. Lonnie and Vanessa were hilarious, and we've all sat next to a sleepy Barbara in church, school, Zoom conferences...either watching in horror or trying not to laugh. I recognized quite a few actors almost immediately - Susan Berger, Kirk Fox, and I thought Ben Seaward was another actor I'd seen somewhere, but he wasn't. I recognized Rashida Olayiwola from the little-known South Side. Ronald's casting was very smart. He was so tall that viewers could easily spot him in every scene. Second season? Viewers of Intervention know that the "jury pool" figures it out after several seasons.