So we open with Mark doodling in his notebook... why is a picture of Ryan in his notebook? Weird...
Only two more challenges until the finale!
Uh-oh, teams again! Teamwork did not go so well last time...
Time to pick paint tubes.
They have to make a piece that is inspired by 'opposing forces'... I thought this would be an interesting challenge just because that topic (I guess you'd call it) seems so vague, but no, they got more specific: heaven and hell, male and female, order and chaos.
Jaclyn picked 'male/female', and Mark makes a snide remark about how 'she'll probably end up in some form of undress, but once you've seen 'em, no big deal'. Fuck you, Mark. Fuck you and your fat ass. Look, maybe that's how you feel about Jaclyn - that she's little more than a pretty girl playing artist dress-up, whatever - but you're a fat ass fry cook. FRY COOK. That's what comes up under your name during your 'confessionals'. And the fact that they have now focused on you TWICE in the first three minutes of the show means that you're the most likely one to go home. So suck on it.
And as a heterosexual male, I just want to say that Jaclyn's tits are a big deal. Doesn't matter how many times you see them. I'm just standing up for her because I think she's so talented.
Really.
I don't like these pairings. It would have been cute (although maybe disgusting) if Miles had been paired with Nicole. Miles had also expressed interest in "order/chaos" when Abdi picked it first, so I hope he's as enthusiastic about working on "male/female" with Jaclyn. It's good that those two got "male/female" meaning that both genders will be represented, but I would have been more interested to see a same sex pairing struggle with that one.
I'm also going to go ahead and say that I really hate it when Mark starts mugging for the camera. I just wanted to throw in one more FUCK YOU to him.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS SHOW IS ABOUT. This show should not be about catty fights or secret crushes, this is supposed to be a show about art. They are presenting it in a very artless fashion. But why am I surprised? As if I couldn't have predicted this kind of shit.
And just when I had expected to settle back into the couch and start furrowing my brow, thinking about Big Ideas and Art, the tension between Mark and Peregrine jumped off the charts. Miles and Jaclyn seem to have their thing going, Abdi and Nicole are hashing out ideas (even though Nicole seems more adept at this than Abdi), but Mark and Peregrine start talking and it's obvious that they have very different processes. I suddenly remembered how throughout the past few episodes, the two of them have been taking shots at each other. I'm going to side with Peregrine on this one (as if you didn't see that coming). I think her ideas are more interesting than Mark's. He seems to want to do something literal, and I can't think of anything more boring than a literal representation of heaven and hell. I have a feeling that things are going to go from ugly to horrifying...
BUT WHY WOULD I WANT TO SEE THAT? Oh, reality TV. You are evil. Get away from me, you Devil!
I just had to go back and watch their brainstorming/passive aggressive argument for a second time. Obviously, we aren't getting the full story, since this has been chopped and edited together by the wonderful folks at Bravo. But it's so interesting how Peregrine sort of shuts down when Mark says that he wants her to pose naked for his piece. She can't even say 'naked', she says 'state of undress' when responding to his request. Mark counters, saying, 'I compromise more than you think I do.' Does he know that she's talked some smack about him in the past? What does this mean? It seems more like a backhanded compliment than an actual act of compromise. And then Peregrine says something about his scar... how she knows about this scar is unclear, but the look on Mark's face is very clear: BACK OFF. He says he doesn't mind, but c'mon, I'm sure that Mark is plenty self-conscious about his looks. When you're that overweight, it must be impossible to NOT be self-conscious, especially since he's by far the fugliest artist left.
AND HERE I GO AGAIN BEING A SHALLOW, LAME, REALITY TV COMMENTER WHO IS OVERWEIGHT HIMSELF AND HAS SOME REAL SELF-CONFIDENCE ISSUES. I'm going to go crack another beer now...
Ah, that's better.
So we see our television friends shopping for art supplies, and we get an interesting confession from Miles. He says that he has been scheming, trying to come up with a reason for Jaclyn to get naked for her piece. This seems exploitative, not because it's taking advantage of a woman, but because Jaclyn has already used her own body and self-image many times before. This seems like a dangerous move for her. If she lets Miles talk her into this, I'm concerned that the judges will say that she is not showing any growth.
Abdi is having trouble. I think he's been having more and more trouble coming up with ideas as the show has raged on. Granted, participating in a show like this must be extremely demanding, but I think he's just out of his depth.
Peregrine has officially become my favorite. I can't believe she actually picked up all those discarded cigarettes off the street to use in her piece. The piece itself is looking awesome, by the way.
The guest judge is Ryan McGuiness, and from the moment they showed us a few quick glimpses of his work, I knew I would have to check out his stuff.
The judges have a lot to say, and again, I'm in agreement with much of what they said.
Mark and Jaclyn definitely deserved to win, and props to Miles for not taking all the credit, even though it really was all his idea.
And Mark is going home! So long, dude. To his credit, he seems to have taken it in stride.
Lot of crying by other people though. China seemed to have a really hard time dismissing Mark, perhaps because Peregrine looked like she was about to cry herself.
Only two more episodes! Can't wait.
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