Friday, August 11, 2006

I Wanna Be a Soap Star Ends Horribly

After a few months of half-assed watching I Wanna Be a Soap Star on Soap Net, I got a bit hooked. It was like watching a horrible horrible train wreck, but with people who had good hair. There were 10 contestants and most of them were pretty good. But the whole competition there was this one guy, Mikey, who couldn't memorize lines, couldn't act his way out of a paper bag, but the judges said he had a "likeability factor." Well, he won last night over my new-age Courtney Cox lookalike--Kelly.

I admit I was sad and a bit angry over his win. If all they wanted was a pretty face, why even go through the motions of having an acting contest. I mean, Mikey can't say the word "parade." He pronounces it "parody" during a karoake competition--watch it. And if you want a real laugh, watch the first two clips on this page: the producers synch in new-age music as Kelly describes how she has learned to be "emotionally clean"; and Mikey shows us how hiccupping and burping help him cry in sad scenes. I'm not kidding.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I've never heard of this show.