 My Fair Brady (VH-1) And while the previous Surreal Life season spawned the awkward and largely contrived Strange Love, My Fair Brady seems almost painfully real … indeed, I'm kind of confused by my own reaction to it, for the show is not the drunken free-for-all I expected, but rather something of a too-close-to-home dissection of the difficulties involved in making a relationship work. Of course, I root for impulsive Adrienne as she seeks to find workable common ground with Chris, whose issues, despite his elder "wisdom," arguably exceed her own youthful or "immature" attitudes. The lover-not-fighter in me wants these guys to succeed, to make it happen, to give in to love freely and humbly, as we all should – almost as though my own relationship is on the line if they don't. So, while I anticipated more of a funny bullshit celebrity humiliation-fest, I find myself seeking something like redemption in Adrienne and Chris's ability to truly commune. For if they can't, who among us can? Review by Yuri Poncho © 2006 |
