SO...the DVR is cleared and ready to let the Fall T.V. shows take over! After each week of the start of all my favorite shows, as well as some shows that I will be checking out for the first time, I will let you all know what I think. Which stars are trying to make it big again? Are some of these shows worth watching or not? (See last season's disaster show "Whitney" if you want to know about a show that was NOT worth watching. *Cough cough* annoying *cough*).
This week consisted of two of my favorite things: therapy and BRITNEY SPEARS.
NBC's Go On (Tuesdays at 9/8 PM) stars the always hilarious and sarcastic (me? a fan of sarcasm?) Matthew Perry. Now my friend, Cristina, also known as Xtina to those of you who know and love her, recently got me to sit down with her and watch at least 8ish episodes of Friends from the very beginning. In the past, I was never able to get into the show. But, I am telling you, that Chandler Bing is HILARIOUS. Ok, I know I am stating a fact that everyone has probably been aware of since the 90s, but his undeniable wit is sooo attractive and has allowed me to look past his vests and parachute pants from his Friends years.
Needless to say, so far so good with Go On, as he seems to be carrying on the sarcasm, biting jokes, and dark humor. The show has some good substance and lessons to it: Matthew Perry plays Ryan King, a sportscaster who recently lost his wife when she died in a car accident due to texting and driving (a nicely planted PSA from the celeb: DO NOT TEXT AND DRIVE... In order to return to work, Ryan must attend 10, yes 10, sessions of grief group therapy. That is a lot of sessions in the therapy world...unless you're a Freudian. Then 10 sessions is pretty much the Cliff's Notes version of therapy (sorry, psychology nerd coming out). Ryan thinks he's too cool for school and just wants to breeze through the sessions and not participate, get to know anyone, or let out any of his emotions surrounding his wife's death. He comes to the sessions and tries to shake things up, much to the dismay of the therapy group leader (who, by the way, isn't even a licensed professional! Ethical dilemma...Yow-za!). Anyways, there are many hilarious, yet touching moments in the first two episodes. This show portrays the main character as having a tough shell, covering up his pain with humor, but in reality he cares about getting to know and helping his fellow group members. It's funny but quite touching...I even got a little choked up at a couple parts and I. Never. Cry. Check out this short clip from one of my favorite scenes so far! Like, I said, Ryan comes in trying to shake things up and because of his contradictory approach to do something different in group therapy and judge who has the most depressing story (kind of an actual therapy technique in real life) the group members love him!
I'm excited about "scary" Anne...because she is scary. And funny.
Now, prepare yourselves...prepare yourselves to witness an obsession. When I was in middle school, I recorded the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, on VHS, so that I could watch Britney Spears' rocked out rendition of Oops! I Did it Again. Oh, and watch it I did - over, and over, and OVER. I have never been very well coordinated when it comes to choreography, but I was determined to learn this dance. After I figured out that I would never be able to do it because the camera cut away during key steps of the routine and it was too difficult to rewind and pause the video tape, I then became determined to get abs like Britney Spears. See below video for life inspiration:
Needless to say, 10+ years later I am still working on getting that six pack, but hey, I may actually have a better body than Britney does now (post birthing 2 children and having a psychotic break). Who cares...she is still a goddess. But this time, in the first two episodes of the X Factor, I want to be Britney's best friend not because of her body and killer dancing abilities, but because she is a badass who doesn't take nothin' from no one! You see, V and I have this look that we give people when we are annoyed or not amused that we like to call "The Straight Face." It comes from this commonly used emoticon :| or another form of "The Straight Face" emoticon -_- . Of course, the nation has also adopted another popular version of "The Straight Face" from another one of my heroes, McKayla Maroney:
Really McKayla's is more of a pucker, but either way not impressed/unamused.
Throughout the X Factor, Britney gives her facial rendition of complete and utter lack of amusement and disgust through what will now be called the "Britney Face" (take note, V). Britney makes this face when she pretty much wants a contestant to get their sorry self off her stage (no, not the X Factor Stage, her stage). She even gave the "Britney Face" to a male contestant who helped her sing a duet on her very first album! Cold as ice that Britney. Britney likes to change it up a little with her signature face, so take your pick of how you would like for her to look at you if she ever heard you sing. Hey, at least she would be acknowledging your presence on this Earth. What more could a person want!?
Britney: Not Impressed.
Britney: Not Impressed mixed with confused (see, I told you she likes to change it up!)
I will always and forever be a fan of Brit, even when she makes some of the biggest screw-ups of all time. And what is even better, I am becoming more and more of a Demi Lovato fan. Now, as if you haven't already judged me enough for obsessing over Britney Spears, you can continue to judge me harder for loving little Demi. She, like Britney, has also made some mistakes in her short, Disney-star turned wild-child life. Perhaps it's the therapist in me having a heart for the likes of Britney and Demi. Demi's got it all, eating disorder, rehab and hospital stay, plus she was bullied a lot when she was young(er). What I saw on the X Factor was that Britney and Demi have emotions. Britney seemed genuinely upset after her former duet partner shared about his struggle in coming out, and Demi broke into tears and later hugged a contestant when she talked about being bullied herself and sang quite an emotional version of "Who You Are."...Man, I would LOVE to do a group session with Britz and Demz (maybe I could write them and we could create our own version of Go On...I'll keep you posted.)
Stay tuned for reviews of next week's shows: NBC's Revolution (Mon. 10/9pm) & Up All Night (Thurs.8:30/7:30pm) !
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