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It sort of made sense when it was Flavor Flav (Flavor of Love) or Bret Michaels (Rock of Love)
that contestants were vying for; it was sort of understandable that
desperate people might want to meet B-list celebrities and gain their
15 minutes along the way.
But this is ludicrous.
"New York" is barely famous: she's a photocopy of a photocopy of a celebrity.
The
men who auditioned to win her heart aren't there because they're a fan
of her work or because they're attracted to a successful entrepreneur.
The men who are on this show ostensibly saw her on another reality show
acting crazy and thought, "Marriage material".
We're through the looking glass now, people.
New
York (who, by the way, looks like Janice, the eyeless guitarist from
The Muppets' band Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem) is less manic this
time around.
I suppose having her own show and being given her
own mansion to film in (as the producers supposedly did) relaxed her a
little bit.
She's already the star of the show and doesn't
need to bicker and fight to be top dog anymore. But somebody's got to
bring the crazy, so now we have Sister Patterson, New York's mother,
judging the guys and offering her two cents.
The programme has the exact same format as Flavor of Love and yields very similar storylines.
Does so-and-so have a partner back home?
Is such-and-such only here for the fame?
Will na-na-na and hoo-de-doo get into a fist fight? Et cetera.
Right down to the way every moment is punctuated with sound effects, frantic cutting and play-by-play narration, I Love New York apes its forebears. I suppose there's only so many ways to skin this cat.
Still, I Love New York
doesn't come off quite as mean-spirited as its predecessors, possibly
because there's less opportunity for this to be a launch-pad to an
entertainment career than before.
Of course, that doesn't stop at least one of the contestants from using the show to promote a fledgling rap career.
What
I mean is, these guys are OK, really. They can't seriously think that
New York has the status to get them one step higher on the ladder of
fame and for the most part they seem sincere in their expressed desire
to just find love or something like it.
Sure, that might make them crazy, but it might make them real.
... Or maybe I've been suckered in again.
DVD EXTRAS
This is a bare bones set, so unless you count "The
Reunion" episode as a special feature, there aren't any extras to be
found here.
Conclusion:
Movie 70% Extras: N/A
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