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Many moments of irony last night, some of my favorites being:
1. Stan Lee chastising Major Victory for his stripper past...while a poster of Striparella hung on the wall behind Stan.
2. Lemuria getting canned because she couldn't complete her task...which of course was the most difficult task of them all. How in the hell could ANYONE sit on a prisoner's lap? Fat Momma had the easiest task -- just brush some hair out of their eyes. Victory and Feedback's tasks were tough too, but Lemuria had the hardest challenge. And what was with these "secret challenges?" They were both demeaning and disrespectful to the prisoners.
3. The way the prisoners were trotted out and put on display like the heartless boogeymen (and women) Conservatives want you to believe they are.
4. The police guard, who I swear was character actor MICHAEL PARKS. (Most well-known as Sherriff Earl McGraw in Tarantino's "From Dusk till Dawn" and "Kill Bill Vol. 1")
5. The staged manner of the scenes with the prisoners, which took the "heavily scripted" format of the show into new heights. Notice how the female prisoner kept hanging her head low, so her stringy hair would hang in her face -- conveniently, so Fat Mama could easily fulfill her task of brushing the hair away.
6. Major Victory being scolded for throwing his cape on the ground so those old ladies wouldn't have to walk in a puddle!? WTF? What next, being scolded for taking his cape off to wrap around someone who's cold?
7. The awkward line-readings provided by the family and friends of our heroes. Even worse, Stan's awful reactions of dismay to these "revelations." Worst line ever from Stan yet: "Fat Mama, I hate to say this, but that was a tough donut to swallow."
8. The even-more awkward group cry at the end. Stan prodding each of them to bring on the waterworks with his staged "Do YOU have anything to say?"
9. Scripted, hackneyed, whatever, Feedback's "Spider-Man taught me how to be an adult" nearly made me misty-eyed, I'll admit it. Major Victory should win, but Feedback deserves to win.
10. The clip for next week, which claims that the next termination breaks down Stan -- meanwhile the clip, of Stan yanking off his glasses and rubbing his eyes, made it look more like he had just been sprayed with mace. |
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