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March 24, 2005

Chasing Farrah - Staged 'Reality' TV

The best way to describe TVLand's new reality show, 'Chasing Farrah', starring former Charlie's Angel, Farrah Fawcett, is 'staged'. The show is a hodge podge of unfunny vignettes that form to make a very dull episode. Take for example, the first episode where Farrah is riding in the back of a limo with her 'tennis coach', Nels Van Patten, who is in reality merely a friend of hers. They are on their way to the U.S. Open tennis tournament. Once they arrive, a group of senior citizens gush over an elderly lookin Farrah and tell her how pretty she looks. One of them snaps her photo. This group seems to be the only people who recognize her; the rest of the group merely gapes curiously at the cameras. This segment is immediately followed by Farrah visiting a store in Soho; while she shops inside, photographers press up against the windows of the shop, eagerly photographing her. Her 'personal photographer' (a faded beauty most likely a personal friend of hers) complains that she can't even get a shot of Farrah because of the 'papparazzi' and that this happens frequently. Huh? Farrah hasn't been in a certifiable hit anything in a solid twenty years. I highly doubt that the she's being hunted by photographers a la Jessica Simpson.

There are few moments of hilarity in this farcical 'reality' show. The first occurs when Farrah and her entourage are jostled by erratic driving after being told that they are being 'pursued' by papparazi. The second is when Farrah's publicist scolds photographers by waving a stiff finger in their faces for getting 'too close' to her on the red carpet. She fails miserably at preventing unflattering photos of Farrah being taken.

Farrah's boyfriend, Ryan O'Neal, makes an appearance in the second episode. He name drops by mentioning that he once made a movie with Streisand and even sang a duet with her; he doesn't mention that it was 70's box office bomb, 'The Main Event' where they co-starred.

Overall, it is easy to see how this phony reality show was pitched to Farrah. They simply flattered her ego and told her,"We'll show them how wonderful you are and what its like to be a big star." The only problem is that she's a has been star desperately clinging to the remnants of her fame. And that would make a much more interesting story than the fantasy currently being portrayed.

Posted by inthestars at March 24, 2005 01:21 AM

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