Wednesday, September 28, 2011

ANTM All-Stars: Standing Tall





We open without fanfare as the girls ride home from Pink's in their limo (I notice we no longer make any pretense of going green on this show).  They congratulate Lisa on her challenge win (here's the photo if you're curious) and then it's back to the house. For a minute I think they've acquired some sort of dorm mother who's riding with them, but it turns out to be Alexandra in her mom haircut.  Allison (whom my esteemed cousin Julie has reminded me should forever be known as Creepy Chan) is wearing a fur hood with ears, like a bear costume. Of course she is.  Back at the house, with backing music in the "the call is coming from inside the house!" vein, Allison tells Lisa that she feels nervous and uncomfortable, even though she knows this is a competition. For reasons unclear to me, she is talking to Lisa while staring at herself in the mirror with her hand over your mouth so we can't see her lips move. I guess she could have been saying anything, then. For all we know she told Lisa she likes cheese and hates it when people borrow her poet's blouse.  The next morning, the ladies are involved in various desultory grooming rituals when a stranger enters the house! Who could it be? We must wait until after the credits to find out...