Sunday, December 07, 2003
Paris Hilton and pal Nicole Richie remain dense and unlikable down on the farm
The Seattle Times: Arts & Entertainment: Paris Hilton and pal Nicole Richie remain dense and unlikable down on the farm: "Whoever advised 'With the rich, always a little patience' never tried to watch 'The Simple Life.'
In the short stretch since Paris Hilton's sex video, Michael Jackson's arrest and Prince Charles' nondenial denial of palace hanky-panky, we've been reminded that viewers love a train wreck if the passenger is traveling first-class.
But money alone can't buy TV love; an essential part of the comeuppance formula remains star-quality entertainment. That's why we relish Jackson's regally deluded peace sign at his surrender and Charles' consistently disastrous on-camera 'dialogues' with the public.
Hilton, on the other hand, is an amateur. Prior to Internet overexposure, she moved mostly in the pages of InStyle and Vanity Fair, her only clear assets being the Hilton name, the Hilton money and free hotel rooms for life.
Then Fox signed Hilton and friend Nicole Richie, daughter of Lionel, to a novel reality concept. 'The Simple Life' would place them with a salt-of-the-earth family in Arkansas and the audience presumably would enjoy the pair's hilarious difficulties adjusting to a rural, working existence.
The resulting half-hour series debuts tomorrow night at 8:30 (KCPQ-TV).
If any network should know how to work a magical blend of haute humiliation, it's Fox. Already home to satirical classic 'The Simpsons,' Fox has the season's most brilliant new comedy, 'Arrested Development,' which offers a scathingly funny indictment of the feckless rich.
Yet much like Paris' pallid bit of pornography, 'The Simple Life' apparently was more fun in the making than in the watching.
The fault lies with the stars "
Click Here To Download Paris Hilton Videos
In the short stretch since Paris Hilton's sex video, Michael Jackson's arrest and Prince Charles' nondenial denial of palace hanky-panky, we've been reminded that viewers love a train wreck if the passenger is traveling first-class.
But money alone can't buy TV love; an essential part of the comeuppance formula remains star-quality entertainment. That's why we relish Jackson's regally deluded peace sign at his surrender and Charles' consistently disastrous on-camera 'dialogues' with the public.
Hilton, on the other hand, is an amateur. Prior to Internet overexposure, she moved mostly in the pages of InStyle and Vanity Fair, her only clear assets being the Hilton name, the Hilton money and free hotel rooms for life.
Then Fox signed Hilton and friend Nicole Richie, daughter of Lionel, to a novel reality concept. 'The Simple Life' would place them with a salt-of-the-earth family in Arkansas and the audience presumably would enjoy the pair's hilarious difficulties adjusting to a rural, working existence.
The resulting half-hour series debuts tomorrow night at 8:30 (KCPQ-TV).
If any network should know how to work a magical blend of haute humiliation, it's Fox. Already home to satirical classic 'The Simpsons,' Fox has the season's most brilliant new comedy, 'Arrested Development,' which offers a scathingly funny indictment of the feckless rich.
Yet much like Paris' pallid bit of pornography, 'The Simple Life' apparently was more fun in the making than in the watching.
The fault lies with the stars "
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