Work of Art

[Not Afraid]

We caught up tonight with the "Eric" show.

First of all, I liked the losing piece on a conceptual level much more than I like the winning piece, which I compared to Stonehenge from Spinal Tap. I thought the scale was all wrong and the piece was in no way interactive or compelling. But the team did "play nice" with each other.

Eric acting like a child did not surprise me one bit. He's always felt like an outsider and played that card a little too often - to his detriment. Come on - a clown on a pallet? You don't have to go to art school to know what a cliche that is! He's a talented individual, but his own lack of self-esteem, and the excuses he makes for himself got old for me by the 3rd episode. When I learned it was to be a group project I just KNEW Eric would be the one to go. He's too insecure to play well with others.

I've only watched one other reality show - Project Runway - but it is similar by the fact that there are creative people working together and, sometimes creative people CAN be quite the prima donna. I'm not sure I have a good handle on what a "normal" reality show looks like.