And the desashing goes to...

There she is, Miss and Mrs....er...Crowned? Last night's episode of the CW's "Crowned" ended the season (and series?) with a live pageant featuring the four final mother-daughter pairs. The winners of the pageant don't stand out quite so much as the definite LOSERS--the Sincere Sexy Reds, or as I like to call them, chinless and skeletor. This was clearly the most evil pair, and just as would happen in a made for television Disney channel movie, they competed horribly in the final showdown and were eliminated. They didn't just lose, they really, really lost.

Before the pageant began, the red headed devils were shown in their dressing room, daughter screaming and having a temper tantrum because mother didn't know exactly where to walk on stage. The, cut to mother and daughter, poised and sitting together for the camera, daughter saying that they were sure to win because they showed the most poise, class, have the best relationship, etc. They were doomed from the beginning, because in this reality series, good triumphs over evil. And sure enough, during the talent portion, the daughter hit a strange note during "Climb Every Mountain" and she actually stopped in the middle of the song (in front of the live audience and judge) to turn around and lecture her mother about playing the correct note (the mother would play the piano as the daughter sings). It was clearly embarrassing for our panel of judges and for the viewer at home, and even with starting the song over she couldn't quite hit the correct note. Yikes.

They were soon eliminated after the evening gown competition, and we were down to three couples, which consisted of a mother who had a kidney transplant a year ago, a mother and daughter who lost their husband and father in a helicopter accident and also lost their home and livelihood, and the season favorite, a pair so sweet and adorable that you want to invite them to all your bake offs. So, it really didn't matter who would win (the team who lost their father, the poor ones, ended up taking the crown, after promising to donate the $100,000 prize to charity....hmmm) since the last remaining "bad" team, who didn't learn anything about working together, kindness toward their competitors, or sportsmanship, had already been eliminated.

So, in "Crowned," as in most reality shows, the real lesson is that of friendship! The mother daughter team with the best bond, who always went out of their way to help the other teams and to listen with a kind ear, won. Hooray for kindness! Hooray for beauty pageants! Hooray for finding out that inner beauty really does count in this crazy world of ours!
You know who else had inner beauty which ultimately led to her happy ending? The main character in 27 Dresses, played by Katherine Heigl, of course! She too was continually selfless, always planning weddings for her friends...though, unlike in "Crowned," she eventually had to learn that she couldn't always be selfless in order to get the guy and finally have her own wedding. So I guess, the lesson of the week is that it's good to be selfless, but let's not be a pushover...no one likes a pushover! But, no one likes a bitch, either. My experience watching that film was similar to watching a pageant...I had to sort of tune out a lot of the silly and cliched moments and then I could really enjoy what everyone was wearing. They were all so pretty!

This entry was posted by Brigitte, on Thursday, January 31, 2008. You can leave your response.