Episode Twelve
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For season 3, my guess is that most of the designers might not want to. This season's Project Runway seemed to teeter on a thin line of lots of negative with a little positive. The reunion episode mirrored that. The fun clips were almost eclipsed by the bad or dramatic ones. To quote Laura, this episode had a lot of "serious ugly."
On the positive end, the format of the reunion seemed to be much better organized than previous seasons. The clips depicting Tim Gunn's high-brow wordology were hysterical. The 544 word-count Kayne clip was ingenious. Kayne and his model, Amanda, it seems, are a match made in heaven. Judges Michael Kors and Nina Garcia made an appearance, giving insightful information into the much-questioned scoring system. They also presented Michael Knight with his Oprah moment: winning $10,000 for being the fan favorite. No surprise that in the end, most of the non-finalist designers also picked Michael as their favorite for his consistent designs and for being a gentleman.
Unfortunately, the bad sometimes outweighed the good in the reunion. From the beginning, the designers looked uncomfortable in their seats. Adding ousted Keith into the mix was the dramatic twist of the reunion. I assume he put his pattern books down long enough to enjoy a bit of nasty argumentative banter with his fellow designers, as well as with Heidi and a visibly flustered Tim. I almost wanted to powder his shiny t-zone myself! That particular scene was a PR train wreck. Frankly, if I were one of the other designers, I would have taken more offense to how Heidi and Tim kept reiterating that Keith was "supposed to be one of the better designers" and was "supposed to be a finalist." Does that mean that the rest of them are chopped liver?
Speaking of offensive, we found out that Vincent turned into Sybil when his shirts were not cleaned properly and even threatened to leave the show. Last season, a couple of weeks into filming, we found out that the PR staff would have our clothes washed and/or dry-cleaned for next-day delivery. Needless to say, Daniel, Andrae, Santino and I screamed for joy. I didn't expect anything more from the show than a pattern table, a dress form, a model and a place to sleep. Dry-cleaning? Fluff and fold? Maybe I was naive but entitlement was not in my vocabulary while filming Runway last year.
Finally, this reunion episode offered little resolution regarding the contentious Angela vs. Jeffrey fight. This could have been Jeffrey's moment to make several wrongs right, but alas, no apology from good ol' bad-boy Jeffrey. At least he is consistent in his nastiness.
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