PUSSYCAT SEARCH IS A COUGHED-UP HAIRBALL.Byline: David Kronke Television Critic Winning the reality competition "Pussycat Dolls The Pussycat Dolls are an American hip hop, pop, and R&B, and dance and burlesque ensemble founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995. It began as a dance troupe based in Los Angeles, was "re-cast" as a music group in 2003, and expanded in 2005 with a parallel troupe at Caesars Present: The Search for the Next Doll" would seem something of a pyrrhic victory Pyrrhic victory a too costly victory; “Another such victory and we are lost.” [Rom. Hist.: “Asculum I” in Eggenburger, 30–31] See : Defeat . Sure, the victor joins a currently hot dance-music ensemble, but she'll be more a robot than an artist: The group was designed to work with interchangeable parts interchangeable parts Identical components that can substitute one for another, particularly important in manufacturing. Mass production, which transformed the organization of work, came about by the development of the machine-tool industry by a series of 19th-century , so the lesson is that anyone is easily replaceable. This show, obviously done on the cheap, cribs Cribs may mean:
The choreographer cho·re·o·graph v. cho·re·o·graphed, cho·re·o·graph·ing, cho·re·o·graphs v.tr. 1. To create the choreography of: choreograph a ballet. 2. offers the aspirants such helpful notes as, "Make it nasty." Apparently, the theory behind the show is that the contestants' pulchritude pul·chri·tude n. Great physical beauty and appeal. [Middle English pulcritude, from Latin pulchrit is enough to make this show interesting, so personality is not necessary. The theory proves distressingly wrong. The only drama comes by accident: Many of the girls get sick just before (and during) their first competition and start throwing up. Or is it just starting to dawn on them what a lame show this is? David Kronke, (818) 713-3638 david.kronke@dailynews.com PUSSYCAT DOLLS PRESENT: THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT DOLL - One and one half stars What: "Talent" competition to find a new member of the hit dance/music troupe. Where: The CW (Channel 5). When: 9 tonight. In a nutshell: Utterly generic, made worse by the exploitation of the women's illnesses. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Chelsea, left, Asi and Melissa S. perform on "Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll," 9 tonight on the CW |
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