Sometimes on the Internet—a very nice place that was ruined once humans started using it—people accuse me of bias in my television criticism. Considering that criticism is writing designed to share my opinion, analysis, and preferences, this kind of accusation makes me laugh, and also makes my face turn all Madeline Kahn in Clue. What these fine folks mean actually… continue reading
Project Runway 14
Project Runway breaks the fourth wall and Tim Gunn breaks down
There’s something about Project Runway recently that has made it feel a little lifeless and listless. Maybe it was the move away out the city to a studio. Maybe it’s the casting. Or maybe it’s just the nature of this reality competition: Throughout its life, it has dipped into mediocrity (a weak start on Lifetime; a terrible final season on Bravo) and… continue reading
Why Project Runway is no longer filmed at Parsons, and where it is now
Since 2004, Project Runway‘s home and filming location has been the Parsons School of Design in New York City. It’s where the workroom and the runway were located, and it was a five-minutes, 0.2 mile walk from Mood. Parsons also gave us Tim Gunn, who taught there and was supposed to just be an off-camera… continue reading
All the incredible things from Project Runway’s lingerie episode
Project Runway Junior is well underway—no, wait, that debuts in November This is season 14, but it just feels like junior, and I’m not talking about the sleepover the producers threw in to tire out the cast even more. No, it’s the immaturity of some of the contestants, both in personality and their performance in… continue reading
Will Project Runway 14 designers’ lumps of coal turn to diamonds?
Previewing season 14 of Project Runway, showrunner Sara Rea told the Observer, “Well, to sum it up – it’s fucking nuts! Honestly, it’s a big roller coaster ride.” She added that “Tim was literally pulling his hair out at some points, and I mean that in the truest sense of the word. There are some… continue reading