Холостячкa #13

Cheerio

мне кажется отличие их artist от нашего артист в том что чтобы быть artist нужно что-то именно создавать (своё собственное), а не воссоздавать (create vs recreate). Т.е. элемент творчества. В современном популярном Голливудском кино актёры по десять раз снимают дубль пока не выйдет так, как хочет режиссёр. Это не укладывается в моём понимании с концепцией artist.

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Cheerio

вот именно. У них artist это в последнюю очередь актёр (после всех художников, скульпторов итд), а у нас артист это актёр в первую очередь. Слова и выражения как "артистичность" и "ну ты и артист" на это явно намекают.

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- I thought I knew what to do. I failed.
- Good. Now go fail again.

barish

Мне кажется когда Алекса спросили Who is your favorite artist? ему больше никто не пришел в голову. Я вообще не представляю что бы ответила, мне вообще никто не приходит в голову. Наверное потому, что таковых нет.
В сезоне Ника был вопрос про театр, а участница ответила про кино. Не знаю почему, никогда не была в театре? Не помню уже хто это был, прочла на стадии изучения анкет.

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barish

Откуда это известно?
Я часто слушаю интервью актеров и режиссеров, есть очень много стилей режиссирования, некоторые режиссеры дают творческую свободу своим актерам и предпочитают их импровизирование.

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barish

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“The only thing that was ever wrong with me was my belief that something was wrong with me.” (c)

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“The only thing that was ever wrong with me was my belief that something was wrong with me.” (c)

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“The only thing that was ever wrong with me was my belief that something was wrong with me.” (c)

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“The only thing that was ever wrong with me was my belief that something was wrong with me.” (c)

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“The only thing that was ever wrong with me was my belief that something was wrong with me.” (c)

Cheerio

был вопрос такой же в сезоне Бена, у... Рейчел.
есть два варианта объяснения ответа Алекса.
1) у него культурный уровень ниже плинтуса, и он считает актёрскую игру The Rock произведением искусства.
2) из-за сложностей перевода изложенных выше, он понял вопрос как "who is your favorite actor". И такой ответ в принципе приемлем, потому что если тебя спрашивают про artist, то очевидно что хотят услышать о культуре, а когда об актёре, то можно ответить и с точки зрения актёрской игры и с точки зрения личных качеств, которые тебе привлекательны. Большинство людей, кстати, привязываются к актёрам по второму варианту.

И если полистать списки вопросов, там есть отдельный вопрос
"Who is your favorite actor and why?"
Кристина ответила
"Meryl Streep. She can adapt to any character assigned and do a wonderful job fulfilling that role."

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- Good. Now go fail again.

barish

Да нет, тут никто это так не воспринимает. Просто когда задается подобный вопрос, то называется кто то, кто нравится из творческих людей, вот ему нравится Рок. Может больше некого было назвать. Но Рок не такой уж и выдающийся актер, хоть и хочет быть президентом. А может я мало интересовалась Роком и мало о нем что знаю, у меня он вообще в радар не попадает, не рассматривается ни на что, но я не мужик с мышцами в отличии от Алекса, может это что то для него значит?
Он ничего не переводит, он же тут живет, слушает радио, ТВ, общается с друзьями, он знает, что актеры относятся к этой группе людей, о которых его спрашивают. Им дают опросник огромной толщины, там несколько сотен вопросов, он просто отвечал на каждый как мог, это был один из вопросов, над которым он даже не задумывался. Нам потом выбирают несколько ответов на некоторые вопросы.
Просто что и как отвечает человек его тоже характеризует.
Мне, кстати, очень понравились ответы колумбийца Брайана!

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Cheerio

Рок - творческий человек?

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- I thought I knew what to do. I failed.
- Good. Now go fail again.

barish

Кажется поняла как надо объяснить про Алекса. Он не интеллектуал, он спортсмен. Интеллектуалы тут вообще никого не интересовали до последнего времени, в этой стране культ спорта и спортсменов. Из знаменитостей самые почитаемые - спортсмены. И одни из самых высокооплачиваемых тоже.
И, наверное, самым спортивным творческим человеком для него является Рок, а потому он его и выделил.
Тут даже почти все девочки младшего школьного возраста играют в футбол. Если родители играют в гольф - дети тоже играют в него. А так кто в бейсбол, кто в футбол. Алекс был плавцом в колледже.

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barish

Ну он же актер, это творческая профессия!
Он не ученый и не спортсмен.

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barish

Теперь, когда Бекка рассталась с Робертом, некоторые почему то находят Алекса подходящим для Бекки. Представления не имею почему.
Может Бекка будет в ВiР и он тоже?

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Sharleen Joynt

Episode 1
Welcome back, dear readers! As always, I'll post bits of news up here first before getting to the recap...
First, as always, I'm continuing writing recaps for Flare, and as with last season, doing "The Morning After" Facebook Live videos for them. This season the videos will consist of a little Q&A after my quick takeaways on the episode. So, if you have a question you'd like answered, no matter how random, feel free to either post it in the comments below the video or tweet it at me!
Second, as you may have heard, I will be doing a monthly relationship podcast with Reality Steve (only head there if you're unafraid of spoilers!) starting next month. This is an exciting endeavor as you know by now I love analyzing and discussing relationships, and I try my darnedest to remain both objective and honest. Reality Steve and I have both been at our individual relationship columns for awhile (he has "Dr. Reality Steve" and I've done "#AskSharleen" over at Flare) so we thought it'd be fun to come together with both a male + female perspective. Questions can be either written or you can call in so we can chat with you on the podcast. So, if you or someone you know has a relationship qualm, feel free to send it over.
Third, despite the above partnership, I am miraculously still unspoiled this season! (The podcast will not be about The Bachelor/ette—unless there's some big news that feels relevant—or about any spoilers or dirt.) I ask that you respect that this blog is, has been, and likely always will be a spoiler-free zone. There are plenty of places to discuss spoilers, but the comment section here isn't one of them. Everyone's always really good about this, so thank you!
Many thanks for following along this season with me, and as always, I look forward to your comments!

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"I understand that people have their different reasons to why they come on this show. But my thing is, are you open to what can happen?" —Realistic, Reasonable, Relatable Rachel

No season can kick off without an obligatory speech by Chris Harrison (with a casual mention of how "broken-hearted" Rachel was last season,*in there for good measure). Chris Harrison has always been hand-centric when he speaks but it's starting to get out of control...

Seriously, next week, watch him with the sound muted. It's crazy.

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We're re-introduced to our leading lady, Rachel, whose comment as she drives around LA is so something I would notice and say, it just makes me love her all the more...

This reminds me of her "Narnia" comment in Finland last season.

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INTRO VIDEOS

The men's intro videos are pretty par for the course, except that there seem to be a few more lawyers than usual. The funniest moment for me was Blake E's mid-personal training session motivational speech. Something about the body language here kills me...

So motivating.

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GIRL CHAT
The Girl Chat was a nice idea versus the more traditional advice session with former Bachelorettes. Whether or not they're in a position to be imparting advice I don't know, but these are her friends and they know her. I particularly liked when Astrid pointed out that Rachel likes to be in control. Like, that's not something a former Bachelorette would necessarily know. Overall, this was a cute excuse for all the girls to be flown out, and it felt like a reasonably authentic, chatty girl sesh and in my opinion was a nice addition...

Согласна!

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LIMO EXITS
I thought it might be fun to do something new and to copy and paste my actual notes from this season's limo exits. (Tell me if this is boring and I won't do it again.) Notice how the montages affect how much of one's limo exit might be shown...
Peter - good looking - I love his little gap in his teeth. Seems nice and normal. *1ST LIMO EXIT*
Josiah - full exit - likely going far based on intro video and backstory
Bryan - full exit - she loves the Spanish
Kenny - full exit - cleans up nice!
— montage of guys talking about how great Rachel is —
Rob - full exit not shown
Iggy - full exit not shown
Bryce - full exit not shown
Will - full exit not shown - cute exit though
Diggy - full exit not shown
Kyle - full exit not shown
Blake K - full exit not shown - I think he's cute.
Brady - sexy voice. Full exit I think? I laughed. Charming in its humor and brevity:

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— montage of the guys who’ve met her already and the other guys’ annoyance at that (ugh, this feels forced) —

Dean - near-full exit - his sheepishness made me wonder if he got backlash for his "I'm going black/never going back" line. Rachel’s response to him showed her grace and class. He seems sweet.
Eric - near-full exit - “Everything’s greater later” - don't see a ton of substance between these two
DeMario - full exit - good looking, oozes confidence. Definite frontrunner among these returning guys but then inside his confidence bleeds into arrogance (too much for my liking): “I'mma win!”
Blake E - full exit - CUTE entrance. I loved it. Hard to believe that’s the guy whose entire intro video was about his "PhD" in sex.
— commercial break; chat with Chris Harrison: "BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE" —

Fred - full exit - not enough humor for me given yearbook thing. I find him a bit too intense.
Jonathan - full exit - ugh, the tickling. No. NO:

Not nearly enough sparkle in his eyes to get away with that, and there's a big difference between laughing genuinely and laughing uncomfortably. Plus his bio answers bug me because he doesn’t answer the “and why” part in questions.

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“The only thing that was ever wrong with me was my belief that something was wrong with me.” (c)

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Lee - full exit - I’m never huge into singer-songwriters' music exits but he's otherwise likable enough.
— montage of gimmick and prop limo exits as gimmicks and props are discussed —

Alex - full exit - Aladdin-hot - but... the vacuum? I liked him based on his intro vid but the meaningless gimmick was a disappointment. Plus I then read his bio and was horrified by his 3 worst SELF-DESCRIBED attributes. (Я ТОЖЕ!!! ) Like, if you know you're selfish and unemotional, at the very least be apologetic about it!
** UPDATE 05.26.17 ** Tina pointed out in the comments that Alex's vacuum dance was a throwback to Rachel's vacuum dance in her intro video. A fairly obscure but very decent reference. I totally missed that. My bad! (WOW, я тоже об этом не подумала, хотя помнила гифку Р с пылесосом! )

Milton - full exit not shown - polaroid camera
Adam - full exit - Adam Jr is creepy as hell, and the producers' fun with him is very Paradise-esque to me (not in a bad way)
Matt - full exit - penguin was a nice touch especially with Alexis talking about costumes earlier. He pulls this off which isn't easy.
— montage while Rachel discusses the guys pulling out all the stops —

Grant - full exit not shown - memorable exit (ambulance) but it was especially cute how she played along
Anthony - full exit not shown - good bio answers though (thanks for the tip, Vivian!)
Jamey - full exit not shown - reminds me a bit of Robby looks-wise
Jack Stone - full exit not shown
Mohit - full exit not shown - I liked his line (upper hand)
Jedidiah - full exit not shown
Michael - full exit not shown (we didn’t even get to see her eat the brownie!!)
— montage comes to end for Lucas' grand entrance —

Lucas - full exit - I confess I'm entertained. The testicle thing made me laugh. I LOVED her response to "Whaboom": “That’s just a glimpse?” **LAST LIMO EXIT**, but I have a hard time believing it means anything for Lucas' longevity, other than the red carpet being rolled out for the night's big performer. Maybe he'll surprise us all.

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barish

NIGHT ONE

Rachel gives a fantastic speech to the guys about #NOREGRETS - if you know me, you know regret is my phobia in life (I think I've mentioned before that that fear is one of the reasons I did the show), so I obviously loved this theme.

An early favorite of mine is easily Kenny, whose dry commentary throughout Night One had me in stitches...

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Those of you who are my longtime readers surely notice this stuff on your own by now, but for the new readers around here, note Rachel's Pick-ups. The first ITM is from Night One. Note Rachel's hair, makeup, and jewelry...

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