In Hindsight: On The Lot – Episode 14

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Hey, did you catch BobDawg on GSN’s Without Prejudice? Just asking.

With ratings shrinking down to NHL on NBC levels, the producers have apparently tried to take a different approach, as Adrianna “Costa” is wearing a dress that clearly shows her nipples (or those nipple-like pasties that I’ve heard about. Yes, they have pasties that cover your nipples but look like nipples through a sweater). Now, at first you’d think that this was an accident, but Adrianna doesn’t make an effort to adjust the dress at all during the broadcast, so draw your own conclusions.

We go back to the Rock StarOn the Lot mansion where Zach gets the boot, and my interest in the show drops just that much more.

The judges are Carrie, Gary and F. Gary Gray, who earns my eternal scorn for doing a piss-poor job on Be Cool. Had he even bothered to read Elmore Leonard’s book, he would’ve discovered that there was more to it than “Chili Palmer becomes a record producer”. Instead, his take seemed to be all about the Aerosmith scene, working with The Rock, and getting Travolta to mug for the camera. And yes, I’m deliberately ignoring his good stuff, but I’m an Elmore Leonard fan, so you’ll have to forgive me for that.

This week’s theme is “A man wakes up in a dress, and can’t remember what happened.”

OK, let’s get this over with:

Will Bigham gives us The Yes Men, featuring a temperamental boss who seems to enjoy saying “You’re fired”. It’s done very well, it has humour and pretty much takes the dress idea and runs with it without making the men feminine. Great stuff

Carrie – It was really wonderful.
F. Gary – I thought it was funny. It was really, really strong. It was a success.
Gary – It was like the X-Games of sucking up.

Sam Friedlander gives us Dress For Success, which shows a sexist boss get behavioral lessons from his female employees. It’s not really a success, because you can figure out what’s going on way too early, and the movie tries to be funny and disturbing at the same time, which really doesn’t work for me. Sam’s been consistently weak, and I’m wondering if VFTW is exerting their influence because not enough people care about this show.

Carrie – I thought this was sort of derivative of 9 to 5 and Saw.
F. Gary – I felt like you started off strong, but it felt like two different genres, two different tones.
Gary – I thought the pace could’ve been a bit faster.

Adam Stein presents Army Guy, and unlike Sam’s movie, he keeps things surreal, and instead of hitting the viewer over the head with the reveal, let’s the viewer figure out the surprise on their own, and I like that.

Carrie – That was one of the most innovative, freaky, fantastic films I have seen.
F. Gary – I think it was brave. My hats off to you.
Gary – I thought not only was it ambitious but it was quite artistic.

Jason Epperson once again closes the show, and he gives us Oh, Boy, a revenge comedy. It has some elements of fun to it, but I felt the ending was kind of weak, and I think that had Jason not followed Adam, I would’ve liked the movie more.

Carrie – I thought it was very good. You’re back to your usual good work.
F. Gary – I felt like it was a little safe.

Judges’ favourites:
Carrie – Adam
F. Gary – Adam
Gary – Adam

Kevin’s favourite: Adam

Eliminated: Sam

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Kevin has been an Insider since 2003, writing on a variety of topics ranging from The Amazing Race to Mixed Martial Arts. His current hobbies include Fantasy Football, Sporcle, travelling, making liberal use of his DVR and wondering what the heck he's gonna do when his two daughters are old enough to date. You can follow Kevin on Twitter (@starvenger).