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'Battle Of The Bods' Muscles It's Way Onto TV
Five scantily clad women standing around rating each other on their attractiveness - is this what our TV viewing choices have come too since the strike? Apparently so. That's the premise of a brand new Fox Reality show premiering Saturday, January 19th called "Battle of the Bods," where women rate themselves on everything from who has the best smile… to…. the best legs, the best butt etc.
No. I'm not kidding. They stand in front of men (who are watching in a sound proof room) in robes, bikini and lingerie and try to determine how the men will rank them in order of hotness from 1 to 5. The more times they accurately predict their rank, the more money they can win.
When I first popped the screener in the computer I was utterly horrified, convinced this was a show that would set the women's movement back 100 years. I watched in complete amazement as the women decided which of the five was the prettiest overall and then fought over who was the prettier of the remaining four and who would, subsequently get the dreaded number five rank. The men only agreed on two of the women's "hotness" and that's when the show started to perk me up.
I mean… don't get me wrong – it's still a sad state of affairs anytime a show puts women in a room together and lets them claw each other with comments like, "she's got cellulite," or, "I'm so much prettier than you," or, "you have no breasts and men don't like that." It perked me up simply because it turned into train wreck TV. The kind of show you can't help but watch because it's so dumb, so inane and so utterly stupid you can't take your eyes away.
The best part for me was watching these twenty-something's self esteem crumble. Heads held high suddenly turned to tears when the frightening realization came that they weren't as pretty and fabulous as they thought they were. I personally would never put myself in that type of vulnerable situation, so I have no sympathy for these women. Shows like this happen because women allow themselves to be put in situations like this hoping for fame or money. Aretha Franklin sang about it R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Get some! Fortunately, the tables get turned on the men at the end of the show and the women get to give them a dose of their own medicine.
If you are a fan of the bizarrely ridiculous Fuse TV show "Pants Off/Dance Off," in which people strip off their clothes to music videos - than this may just appeal to you. Judging from the popularity of that show about nothing where people wear next to nothing, I predict this show about nothing where people wearing next to nothing should be a big hit for Fox Reality!
Hey Laura I just saw you o Access and I figured I would say a quick hello. I hope all is well. Happy New Year!
Jessica Blakey