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The descriptions assigned to each of the kids on Brat Camp are turning me into a horrible insensitive person. Instead of actually learning their names, I've begun referring to them by their tagline descriptions. It's sorta like that season of Amazing Race where one couple was introduced as "the virgins" and we took to calling them exactly that when my friends and I would discuss the show. "Omigod, can you BELIEVE what the virgins did on the show?!"

Last night, my brother and I watched episode two of Brat Camp and it resulted in some weird banter during the commercial breaks. "I hate the way the ADD guy is always complaining!" he said. "But I like the drug user... she's pretty nice now."

"I know!" I replied. "I like the hostile outcast and the angry punk but I hate the steals-from-his-mother guy! He looks like SUCH a druggie!"

"Hahahahaha!"

We are SO insensitive! It's as if these REAL KIDS are being turned into characters y'know? It's like people who insist on calling Lisa Kudrow "Phoebe" even though her name is Lisa Kudrow; or someone who spots Tom Welling in the street and says "I saw Superman today!"

The episode was really good though and even though I know the show is edited and stuff, it's still encouraging to see progress being made by the kids. What I REALLY want to see though is a show confronting the parents! I mean, did you SEE Derek's parents? "Y'all need to know that mah boy ain't like he used to be," says the obviously backwoods mom. "He deserves a good whuppin' sometimes!" Judging by their interviews I feel like the parents may be contributing to their child's poor behaviour. How interesting would it be to see an episode focused on training the folks and teaching them some parenting skills eh?

Anyway, to offset the heaviness of "Brat Camp," I switched over to check out "So You Think You Can Dance" on FOX. It's like American Idol but for dancers and lemme tell you, it was hype! Yeah! Asian Dancing-With-the-Stars-judge is there! And a funny and mean British judge who isn't Simon Cowell!

But what's the prize? Like on A.Idol you get a recording contract and sing right? What's the prize for being the best dancer? A backup dancing role for the winner of American Idol? Just wondering that's all...
posted by Tim at 1:09 PM