Tuesday, October 10: Nobel Prize-winning economist Edmund S. Phelps writes in the WSJ that "capitalism is justified...by the injustice of depriving entrepreneurial types (as well as other creative people) of opportunities for their self-expression."
Wednesday, October 11: Uli reflects on her East German childhood, prepares for her Bryant Park show and declares the American Dream to be "wreal."
Coincidence?
ADDED MUCH LATER: After viewing the Project Runway finale countless times, I realize that Uli never in fact says "wreal." Rather, she says that in America, dreams can come "twue." I should have corrected this earlier but could not bring myself to do so. There's simply no way you can hear a German woman say "twue" and not think of Madeline Kahn. Am I right?
Laura was robbed. Scabby Jeffrey? Uli was robbed. Awful, tactless, tasteless Jeffrey? Michael was robbed. Sewing cheat Jeffrey? Nina and Michael are f*ing nuts. I'm distraught and removing Bravo from my cable lineup. At the very least they are being deleted from my "favorite" channels on the remote.
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain. Doesn't it seem like Jeffrey may have benefited from past seasons' results? The judges had already awarded a win to an all-eveningwear collection (Chloe) and an immigrant (again, Chloe) so Laura and Uli almost didn't have a chance. Jeffrey may have been their way of making up for all the criticism the show got when Santino didn't win last season. That's my tinfoil-hat conspiracy theory anyway.
ReplyDeleteI comfort myself with the thought that Laura will now be an elegant-living brand. Books, dress patterns, web site, TV show, eveningwear lines -- whatever. I'll be there.