Down and Out in Denver

That’s how we were, dear readers, at 8:45 Mountain Standard Time last night.  The DaOiD boys, like many homosexualists throughout the land, were watching the season finale of Project Runway and this time they had a guest from out of town to join in the festivities.

But having watched the first 45 minutes, which included the runway show, we had NO IDEA who might be selected as the winner.  It must be said at the outset that not one of the three finalists measured up to winners (or finalists) in seasons past – even Petals Marshall, who I quite liked but others have maligned.  And certainly not the fierce tranny mess that was Christian Siriano.  Each of these three finalists had had serious fashion missteps in the episodes leading up to last night.  And yet we were pleasantly surprised by their final collections.  Not bad, we said to ourselves.  A lot of black from Meana Irina, to be sure.  Many dresses from the southern belle.  And some strangeness from Althea.  But all three were perfectly adequate and even had some really nice pieces.  Which left us in a state of confusion about what the judges would do.

Before we get to that sad business, let’s recap some favorite moments.  In roughly chronological order, they are:

· Althea flirting with the hairdresser from Garnier Nutrisse.  We’re not sure how things are in Dayton, Althea honey, but in New York that’s just going nowhere fast.

· Irina declaring that she was “kind of really sorry for” Carol Hannah because of her illness.  Kind of really.

· Tim at his gayest backstage, in an absolute panic: “This is crazy!”

· Suzy Menkes’s hair. Did she leave the giant hot roller in?

· Nina declaring that what she liked about Althea’s clothing was that she was just so plugged into “the street.”  Which street?  In Dayton?

· Heidi’s look of utter confusion as she was conversing with Suzy Menkes: “Why am I having a conversation with an ugly person?  How did this happen?”

So, the final decision:  One of us (me) really wanted Carol Hannah to win if only because I liked her, so there was a general feeling of displeasure that she was out first.  We all expected Irina (probably deservedly) to win but that at least CHW would be second.  Alas, no.  Perhaps the greatest travesty is that childlike Kalyn won the models’ competition.  Tanisha of the smoky eyes or Lisa of the half-brain would have been far preferable.

Some final thoughts:

When Carol Hannah – who, recall, experienced sickness each morning – said that she couldn’t believe she was “showing at fashion week,” what kind of showing was she speaking of?

Did Nina Garcia actually shed a tear?  Does Nina Garcia have emotions?

If the Sherri show (advertised during this and every broadcast of PR) can have a two-hour special, why can’t Lifetime devote a solid two hours to the PR finale? Especially now that they’ve given The Golden Girls to the Hallmark Channel, are they really so filled up with other programming?  Wethinks not.

And finally, we’re so excited for January 14^th and the Premiere of Season Seven!