please tell me this did not happen

[keryx]

I have a hard time saying much besides GAH with my mouth stuck open in this "omg no they didn't" face.

video of America's Next Top Model doing the world's most bizarre racial-image-having photoshoot I recall ever seeing.

As one friend said: this is post-racism?

Apologies if this is a repeat for you, but Kim hadn't seen it, so now everyone has to.

Comments

[mermeydele.livejournal.com]

i've been watching antm off and on thsi season and missed wednesday's ep. then i heard about it and was so damn glad i missed it.

[snidegrrl.livejournal.com]

omg, i couldn't see the video before. WHOAH. with all the commentary it just makes it all the more horrifying.

[keryx.livejournal.com]

Any kind of teevee with models in it seems often aimed at making them look stupid (honestly, most reality shows seem designed around that premise for everyone), so I suppose that could be part of the aim here. BUT. OMG. WHAT UP DERANGED STYLISTS. Also, the whole CONCEPT. ACK. No one in that entire video says anything that isn't either racist or exoticizing or hey, both & then some.

[box-o-spiders.livejournal.com]

I know! I saw that and my jaw just dropped. Who gave that concept the greenlight? It's low even for reality TV and I can't believe more people aren't at least discussing it.
Maybe it's because there's not a large enough audience but I'd like to think there are a few intelligent people who would have noticed something was amiss.

[vagal-nerve.livejournal.com]

Wtf?

EEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.