10 Oct, 2008
Is Tim Gunn Gonna Have To Choke A B*tch?!?
By: Jon Haehnle
I wish I could say I was the one who yelled, “Is Tim Gunn Gonna Have To Choke A B*tch?!?” but credit where credit’s due it was Dylan. Still, as badly we wished for Kenley’s so well-deserved comeuppance, it has yet to come, and perhaps never will… Tim Gunn, in addition to his many other classy attributes, apparently has the patience of a saint as well. Not too surprising, but I can’t believe she never got the Heidi Klum smackdown she was begging for either.
While this season of Project Runway clearly had any number of people to hate on (Kenley!!! Keith!! Daniel!) it lacked any easy or early favorites. This isn’t a problem limited to PR of course. Lately I find myself watching shows and half the season will go by without me even knowing or fully caring who everyone is, and maybe by the time there’s half a dozen contestants I’ll hopefully have someone to root for.
Early on I picked Korto as someone I might like to win, and even now I want her to. I think the only thing I ever really disliked about her were her horrid pants with fins. However, Korto never made me love her the way Jerrell did. I admit in the beginning I dismissed him as a wannabe snarker, and was probably too busy hoping for Terri to make it to appreciate him. But Jerrell grew on me and more and more I found myself looking forward to his quips, quirks and… even his baffling array of “Men On Film”-worthy hats.
With only four contestants left I think the whole world was probably hoping Kenley would go home, but in hindsight it should have been a no-brainer to guess that the producers would keep all four around for one more episode.
But something strange happened for me after the designers went home. After seeing everybody’s collections, I suddenly realized that Jerrell had probably gone as far as he was going to go, or deserved to go really. This wasn’t exactly like Season 3, when we all loved Michael Knight above everyone else all season long, only to have him come back with a disappointing collection. That was kind of crushing. With Jerrell I somehow wasn’t surprised that his collection was a mess. (After all, the judges — or should I say editors — had foreshadowed it often enough). I felt it was over for Jerrell, as it should be, and the final bride/bridesmaid challenge didn’t change my mind, or the judges it seems.
So, in the end I’m rooting for Korto, or Leanne. And that’s fine. I’ll be holding my breath along with the rest of the viewing public as we all think the same thing: “Please god, anyone but Kenley…”
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