Tonight I've got a bone to pick with those who over-inflate the English lexicon in what are, essentially, manipulative tactics to get attention or ratings. Mr Bush does it all the time, but hey, he's the President and no one really holds politicians accountable to their words, so I'll give him a pass, but I won't be so kind to reality television.
"American Idol" is proving to be pretty genuine in terms of success for those who win or come close, and thus "idol" really isn't a malapropism, but damn it, Miss Banks, tossing around the non-de' plum of "America's Next Top Model" is down right bullshit!
Tyra Banks, let me start gnawing on that (big) bone; "ANTM" has yet to actually create a "top" model...unless you count one of them actually posing in a halter top as a "top model." This show has been on TV for what, eight is enough editions? One was enough! All those silly episodes and not one "real" model to show for it! I mean, when you call someone "America's next top model", something should happen...and it's not just getting a contract- thousands have a contract. We know many models by a name, "Kate, Twiggy, Cindy, Heidi, etc..." but who has ANTM given us? Hell, the only top model to have surfaced from the show is the reinvention of Janice Dickinson.
So, until they can prove their words, "ANTM" needs to change the show's name to better reflect the "reality" of it, say, "America's Next Flopped Model."
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