Momma's Boys Episode 2
7:19 am, 26th Dec 2008
This show is a damn train wreck you just canNOT look away from! I watched the second episode tonight with my mom and sister after they replayed it on WE.
These guys seriously want to identify themselves as Momma's Boys. No one's making them do this! Really, they want to.
First of all, thank God they finally made the official NBC Momma’s Boys site look decent! Last week there were zit-sized thumbnails of the contestants, absolutely no bios, and a layout that looked like it was made by someone using an Angelfire web design tool from 1994.
In this episode, they continued the saga of racist mom, Mrs. B. Last we saw, she was in a huge fight with the girls because she had said repeatedly that she did not want her son to date anyone but a white girl (i.e. no Jews, no Blacks, no Asians). And also no “fat butt girls” or “tall ones”. Right.
So this lunatic yells at one of the girls, “My skin is darker than yours, bitch!” The girl, Vita, gets into a huuuge argument with Mrs. B. Eventually, Vita says an apology through her teeth and Mrs. B doesn’t exactly accept it. Later on she tells her son, Jojo (yup, that’s still his name!), that she specifically does NOT want him to pick three girls: Misti (Black), Brittany (half-Jew) and Vita (of course – and she’s Black)! Her son OBVIOUSLY knows what a royal c-word his mom is, and he pisses her off further when he “saves” Vita from elimination later on. Way to go!!! You can tell all the girls in the house are superglad that he went against his mom/Lady Hitler.
By the way, the elimination process couldn’t be more insulting to women. I used to shake my head at the corny roses used on “The Bachelor”, but this show takes it to another level. They literally have all the girls waiting by the phone (like the 1950s), waiting to get a TEXT (the social interaction killer of the 21st century)! That is such CRAP!!! What also makes this different than other dating shows is that they don’t even show the guys’ deliberation process, making it even more em-effing producer-manipulated and bringing the misogyny full circle.
But it’s OK though, because later on, the men make complete fools of themselves through no device of the show, but through pure masculine competitiveness. These guys completely overexert themselves trying to make it through an Ultimate Fighting Championship obstacle course. Two of the three guys puke: Rob, who gets taken to the hospital and Jojo, who is a college hockey player. By the way, the prize was…nothing. NOTHING. There was no prize. Pure manly stupidity. THIS, I can enjoy without any sympathy.
So the rest of the show is a bit of a yawn. The usual dating show stuff: awkward-cute group dates, vapid commentary from contestants, people making out and jacuzzi time.
So let’s talk about the personalities on this show!
First, there is Cara:
Cara, the Crazy One!
Yes, she’s pretty, but boy does she have the CRAZY eyes. I mean, they get reallyreally wide and she just holds them there for a few seconds, and appears to be staring very intently at something that only she can see. She’s a LOON. And she cries at everything. Plus, she thought showing her lingerie collection to one of the moms was a good idea. This article says that she sold annuities at a bank in New York for four years. How she even held ANY job down for four years is inconceivable to me! Oh, she’s also a Singer/Model.
EVERYONE loves Megan:
An actress hired to play the nerdy girl?!
Again, I have to point you in the direction of the NBC message board string about Megan, where there has been quite a lot of argument and some responses from Megan herself (I think). This girl is RAD!!! I love that she portrayed the nerdy girl – way to rep us, chica!
Some people think that she is DEFINITELY an actress with a role to play, and some people think she is just an innocent girl. Yes, she’s an actress and yes, she was probably on this show as herself. I think it’s some combination of :
1) Actresses are emotional and dramatic. We have to be! As someone who has studied acting myself, I did find some of her more emotional moments and tics (i.e. nervous laughter) to be a bit “actress-y”. We all exaggerate. But she’s no more fake than any of the other people on reality shows! At least she’s not doing it to undermine others.
2) Reality shows strive to create characters. They identify and encourage contestants to play up one aspect of their personality. Then they edit the heck out of that footage to make people even more one-dimensional to suit the story.
We only got to see one side of Megan in one setting in a short period of time – and whatever I saw, I still liked and was entertained by! I would hang out with this girl (and her animal friends). If she was completely scripted, then I would feel a little bamboozled, but at the end of the day I’m glad that they finally have a person/character on a reality show who is a little different. Someone who isn’t cocky, wearing ten pounds of makeup and a broadcast journalism major. Also, the reactions she illicited from the other girls at the elimination was real. They were touched by her heart and so were a lot of people watching the show.
If you are also a fan of Megan Albertus, please join our little Megan Facebook group
Lorraine is Definitely the Coolest Mom:
Cooler than Dina Lohan. Waaay cooler.
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This show is a damn train wreck you just canNOT look away from! I watched the second episode tonight with my mom and sister after they replayed it on WE.
These guys seriously want to identify themselves as Momma's Boys. No one's making them do this! Really, they want to.
First of all, thank God they finally made the official NBC Momma’s Boys site look decent! Last week there were zit-sized thumbnails of the contestants, absolutely no bios, and a layout that looked like it was made by someone using an Angelfire web design tool from 1994.
In this episode, they continued the saga of racist mom, Mrs. B. Last we saw, she was in a huge fight with the girls because she had said repeatedly that she did not want her son to date anyone but a white girl (i.e. no Jews, no Blacks, no Asians). And also no “fat butt girls” or “tall ones”. Right.
So this lunatic yells at one of the girls, “My skin is darker than yours, bitch!” The girl, Vita, gets into a huuuge argument with Mrs. B. Eventually, Vita says an apology through her teeth and Mrs. B doesn’t exactly accept it. Later on she tells her son, Jojo (yup, that’s still his name!), that she specifically does NOT want him to pick three girls: Misti (Black), Brittany (half-Jew) and Vita (of course – and she’s Black)! Her son OBVIOUSLY knows what a royal c-word his mom is, and he pisses her off further when he “saves” Vita from elimination later on. Way to go!!! You can tell all the girls in the house are superglad that he went against his mom/Lady Hitler.
By the way, the elimination process couldn’t be more insulting to women. I used to shake my head at the corny roses used on “The Bachelor”, but this show takes it to another level. They literally have all the girls waiting by the phone (like the 1950s), waiting to get a TEXT (the social interaction killer of the 21st century)! That is such CRAP!!! What also makes this different than other dating shows is that they don’t even show the guys’ deliberation process, making it even more em-effing producer-manipulated and bringing the misogyny full circle.
But it’s OK though, because later on, the men make complete fools of themselves through no device of the show, but through pure masculine competitiveness. These guys completely overexert themselves trying to make it through an Ultimate Fighting Championship obstacle course. Two of the three guys puke: Rob, who gets taken to the hospital and Jojo, who is a college hockey player. By the way, the prize was…nothing. NOTHING. There was no prize. Pure manly stupidity. THIS, I can enjoy without any sympathy.
So the rest of the show is a bit of a yawn. The usual dating show stuff: awkward-cute group dates, vapid commentary from contestants, people making out and jacuzzi time.
So let’s talk about the personalities on this show!
First, there is Cara:
Cara, the Crazy One!
Yes, she’s pretty, but boy does she have the CRAZY eyes. I mean, they get reallyreally wide and she just holds them there for a few seconds, and appears to be staring very intently at something that only she can see. She’s a LOON. And she cries at everything. Plus, she thought showing her lingerie collection to one of the moms was a good idea. This article says that she sold annuities at a bank in New York for four years. How she even held ANY job down for four years is inconceivable to me! Oh, she’s also a Singer/Model.
EVERYONE loves Megan:
An actress hired to play the nerdy girl?!
Again, I have to point you in the direction of the NBC message board string about Megan, where there has been quite a lot of argument and some responses from Megan herself (I think). This girl is RAD!!! I love that she portrayed the nerdy girl – way to rep us, chica!
Some people think that she is DEFINITELY an actress with a role to play, and some people think she is just an innocent girl. Yes, she’s an actress and yes, she was probably on this show as herself. I think it’s some combination of :
1) Actresses are emotional and dramatic. We have to be! As someone who has studied acting myself, I did find some of her more emotional moments and tics (i.e. nervous laughter) to be a bit “actress-y”. We all exaggerate. But she’s no more fake than any of the other people on reality shows! At least she’s not doing it to undermine others.
2) Reality shows strive to create characters. They identify and encourage contestants to play up one aspect of their personality. Then they edit the heck out of that footage to make people even more one-dimensional to suit the story.
We only got to see one side of Megan in one setting in a short period of time – and whatever I saw, I still liked and was entertained by! I would hang out with this girl (and her animal friends). If she was completely scripted, then I would feel a little bamboozled, but at the end of the day I’m glad that they finally have a person/character on a reality show who is a little different. Someone who isn’t cocky, wearing ten pounds of makeup and a broadcast journalism major. Also, the reactions she illicited from the other girls at the elimination was real. They were touched by her heart and so were a lot of people watching the show.
If you are also a fan of Megan Albertus, please join our little Megan Facebook group
Lorraine is Definitely the Coolest Mom:
Cooler than Dina Lohan. Waaay cooler.
Real men know that nerdy girls RULE.