- "It is what it is" has always been a favorite of the emotionally aggressiveVicki Gunvalson of Real Housewives of Orange County.Photo via I'mNotObessed.com
- We think Survivor's Ozzy Lusth actually meant: "Wow, this is my third time onthe show, and I won't win, even though everyone on the island would have starvedif it weren't for the producers. Oh well, time to be voted out by themediocrities who have banded together against me."Photo via RealityMunchies
- We'd like to believe Bravo thinks the airing of this material will raiseawareness about domestic violence and suicide prevention, but that's a hardsell. Call us cynical if we can only reply, "It is what it is."Photo via KOKOPIX/WENN.com
- The air seems thick with “It’s my time” whenever The Real Housewives ofAtlanta's own Shereè Whitfield struts before the camera.Photo via PopTower.com
- What else is family for? We love how much reality television relies on thisformula: “At the end of the day, we’re still a family.” This is an especiallyhard one when an actual family is involved, such as the Manzo family on The RealHousewives of New Jersey.Photo via PopOnThePop.com

Theodore Bale
Theodore Bale is a critic, journalist and musician. His writing has appeared inDance Magazine, Dance International, Dance Chronicle, Contact Quarterly, ArtLies: A Contemporary Art Journal, The Cambridge Chronicle, The Boston TAB,Houston Press, Houston Chronicle, and many other publications. From 2000 to 2008he was dance critic and columnist at The Boston Herald, and he has writtenextensively for the World Wide Web. He is the author of Texas, A Concept, aninter-disciplinary blog at Arts Journal. Mr. Bale attained the bachelor's degreefrom the Hartt School of Music, Theatre and Dance, majoring in piano, and themaster's degree in technical and professional writing from NortheasternUniversity. His interests range from the most idiosyncratic music, dance andart to the wonderful eccentricities of trash television.
aftershocks
Reality TV is obsessed with making fun of Texas: Everything from Top Chef to BigRich Texas draws groans
Dec 4, 2011 | 2:40 pm
- Rodiney [sic] Santiago of The A-List
- Bad Girls Club's Shelly, we have to admire
- Cedric of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills epitomizes the Housewives' franchisepocket gays.
- Jeff Lewis of Flipping Out is no kind of role model, even if we wanted one.
- From Most Eligible Dallas, Drew Ginsburg has been a disappointment.
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Oct 3, 2011 | 4:00 pm
- Joe Gorga and Teresa Guidice talk things over
- Caroline Mango becomes a radio star
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