Will Project's Sashay Make It Work?

Will Project's Sashay Make It Work?
by Chloe Dinnerrolly (April 12, 2008)

Auf Wiedersehen, Bravo! Later this year, Heidi Klum and gang are set to catwalk into the BenGay/Chanel No.5 smelling arms of Lifetime Television. It seems Project Runway is out to reach a larger demographic; one that includes senior citizens and single women who tend to overeat, snacking on Oreos while watching The Nanny.

A FIERCE competition among up-and-coming fashion designers, Project Runway is one of Bravo's highest rated shows. Along with a supermodel, it also happens to star the superstud, Tim Gunn. One can only guess the motivation behind the drastic move from its (soon-to-be former) network.

Was Heidi intimidated by Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi and tangled up in some post-supermodel rivalry? (Was Padma threatening to pack up her knives and go at it?) Or was it James Lipton, with his glued-on facial hair and stenciled glasses? Did the Inside the Actors’ Studio host pass on an ass-kissing interview with Santino Rice? I bet it was that lesbian, Jackie Warner from Workout, with her dumbbells and bronchitis-beaver voice. Oh, the hostility.

Be as it may, the show must go on, even if it feels like switching from satin to cotton panties.

Better known for its made-for-TV movies revolving around themes such as adultery, rape, domestic violence, and battered women, the Lifetime network may just give the reality series the juiciness its been lacking.

A designer creating an outfit out of human hair? How dull. Now, a designer creating an outfit out of human hair AND cheating on their lover with the host's dog groomer who just got out of jail for puppy pedophilia? Now THAT's hairy with high ratings guaranteed! Plus the cost of fleas.

If all is set to plan, Heidi's farewells should switch from air kisses to a slap across the face. "You are out! GET OUT!" While the judges will flip from fashion-smart Nina Garcia and Michael Kors to turkey-smart Valerie Bertinelli and Melissa Gilbert

Unfortunately, as Project Runway moves to a network familiar to most as "television for women", it brings a new sexist spin along with it. This is bound to draw a negative effect on the show's package-carrying viewers (who love 'em package-carrying contestants). For the past 4 seasons, 3 out of the 4 winners have been men. Deservingly so. Now it seems eliminations wail be 2 ovaries: in. 2 testicles: out.

It may be too soon to tell, but predictions for the future winning collection are said to look something like this: