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TV Recap: America’s Next Top Model – Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
By Charmaine P. Dennis: 2008-10-23 07:54:57
Marjorie finds a kindred spirit in fellow immigrant Elina, who joins her in the same self-pitying whine: Americans just don’t understand! But the other girls, especially Samantha and Sheena, aren’t buying their excuse for European quirks and coldness. They get into it at the Top Model House, where Sam and Sheen remind the pair that they’ve lived in the country long enough to get with the program and grow a personality. The fight draws a tense line between the models, separating the flag-waving, happy U.S. girls from the sad Euro Others.
Tyra Mail: “Work it, sell it, own it! Love, Tyra” Aswirl twins Ron and Richard Harris teach the girls the art of selling accessories. With a swirl! (Who were these guys before ANTM? Their trademark “skill” makes absolutely no sense.) McKey twirls a cap on her finger, Joslyn demonstrates the difference between day and evening handbag modeling, and Sheena works the hell out of a scarf. Marjorie, on the other hand, struggles for what seems like hours with an ugly wrap skirt. Immediately following the teach, the girls are sent to the Catch One Nightclub where they find a stage and TV monitor. Through a curtain steps a model wearing a head-to-toe green-screen spandex suit, purple dress, hat, boots, and pearls. After a few brief poses, the model removes the green suit’s face mask to reveal his identity: personal stylist, author, and legendary Club Kid James St. James. He explains that their challenge will be to participate in an avant garde fashion preview modeling the styles of Nony Tochterman for her label, Petro Zillia. The green suit they wear will render them “invisible” on the TV monitor, allowing the clothing to take centerstage. Seventeen Magazine editor-in-chief Ann Shoket announces to the girls that the challenge winner and two friends will be in a holiday fashion and accessories story in the December/January issue. Elina starts freaking out over wearing the tight-fitting face mask (can’t say I totally blame her), but quickly recovers from her claustrophobia in time to do a great job showcasing her dress’ wing-like sleeve. Ann and Nony are also impressed by Analeigh, but I disagree with their assessment of Sheena’s performance; she’s wearing a red, tiered dress that flares beautifully each time she spins, but they think she gives “too much movement.” McKey spreads her skirt too wide, Joslyn reminds Nony of a stripper, Samantha struggles with her jacket, and Marjorie “flashes” the audience when her dress falls down. Elina is declared the winner and she chooses Marjorie and Analeigh to join her for the Seventeen photo shoot. Tyra Mail: “A well-read model is always prompt. Love, Tyra” The next day, the girls arrive at a Bel Air home where Jay Manuel and ANTM Cycle 10 winner Whitney Thompson assign them their challenge: a CoverGirl commercial for the new Blast Collection Eye Enhancer shadows. Thankfully, they won’t have a chance to forget their lines because they’ll be reading them from a teleprompter. Samantha Jay loves the “genuine energy” Sam brings to the set. Tyra disagrees and thinks she doesn’t make the performance her own. Frank Ockenfels, the CoverGirl commercial director and this week’s guest judge, points out her inability to enunciate and everyone starts making fun of her mush-mouth. But they agree her overall presence was good. Elina Elina’s delivery is, of course, highly controlled and lacks warmth. Frank describes the performance as “a closed fist,” which Tyra notes is a familiar observation. Nigel Barker and J. Alexander instruct her on how to avoid looking down when in front of a camera or in a runway show. McKey McKey is completely clueless the entire time: she flubs her lines, turns her back to the camera, and fails to really show the product. Nigel calls her “the prettiest face [out of the girls on the show]…for makeup”, but admits that she’s a mess when she has to walk and talk at the same time – I beg to differ on the whole pretty thing (don’t tell her I said this, but she looked like Skeletor in that commercial). Analeigh Tyra is blown away with what she dubs, “the best CoverGirl commercial in the history of America’s Next Top Model.” Frank especially likes how Analeigh is the only girl to actually use the product on camera. Marjorie Marjorie’s a disaster! She speed-reads the script and doesn’t smile once. And her body language is horrible – hunched and nervous, like an over-caffeinated 80 year old. Jay’s constructive criticism sends her into tears and he explains to her that no one is going to hold her hand through this process anymore, and certainly not to spare her feelings. Sheena Sheena is beautiful and relatable on camera. Frank loves her fluid movement and Paulina commends her on her natural presence in person and on screen. Miss J detects a little ghetto flavor, but it’s negligible. Joslyn Jossy falls deathly ill with what looks like the flu. While getting her hair and make-up done, she turns a bit green and vomits into a garbage can. She manages to put her sickness aside to work through the commercial, but doesn’t impress Jay. She overcompensates by hamming it up badly and it comes across to Tyra as super-fake. Nigel finds her giggle and wink really creepy, and Paulina hates her sweeping arm gestures. The girls are given a runway challenge at panel during which they are asked to strut their stuff in yellow wooden clogs. Tyra explains that it’s essential they learn to walk in these strange shoes because…they’re going to Amsterdam! But only six of them will actually be traveling to the land of weed and windmills. Analeigh is declared the winner of the commercial challenge and is guaranteed a ticket to the Netherlands. How weird is that – last week, I said she was outta here and now she’s on top. And, unfortunately, I’m the kiss of death for models I want to see stay and those I give credit to, something I already accomplished with Isis and Lauren Brie. Bottom two: Joslyn, for over-emoting in her CoverGirl spot and slowing getting worse throughout the weeks of the competition, and Elina, for being a robot. All the girls will pack their bags, but only Joslyn will take her things home. Next Week: Dutch go-sees and the girls play hookers under glass in the Red Light District.
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