DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
Members' Mausoleum => Calendar Events / Announcements Archive => Calendar Events / Announcements '26 I => Calendar Events / Announcements '15 II => Topic started by: Mysterious Benefactor on November 21, 2015, 06:50:29 PM
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt went ‘full Janet’ in the Christmas episode of ‘Lip Sync Battle’ (http://zap2it.com/2015/11/lip-sync-battle-joseph-gordon-levitt-janet-jackson-rhythm-nation-anthony-mackie-seth-rogen/)
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Seriously? Maybe I've been living in a cave, but we now have reality TV lip-sync competitions? Like Dancing with the Has-Beens? (Except JG-L is no has-been.) I cannot believe that the general public actually watches this stuff. At least DS--in spite of its flaws--was creative and original, and captured the attention of those of us who were looking for something new in the late 1960s.
Sorry, but I cannot validate this program. I'm actually insulted that the TV networks consider this a "talent" venue.
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I don't watch because I don't have SPIKE, but as I understand it, it's a really popular show. [nodassent]
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Maybe you're lucky NOT to have SPIKE. Isn't it like (formerly) a redneck/a$$hole male cable channel?
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It was. But surprisingly even then 46% of their audience was women, so now they're trying appeal to more women. Their slogan has even gone through several transformations, from "TV For Men" to "Get More Action" to "Get Real" and lately to "The Ones to Watch." If I'd had it, I probably would have watched the TV version of Blade because I liked the films - but other than Lip Sync Battle, I honestly have little idea what they have on the network nowadays. I can't escape seeing articles about LSB because it pops up every week on nearly every entertainment Web site I regularly check out...