 I Want a Famous Face (MTV) This dubious reality show is like a cross between Your Big Break and one of those plastic-surgery shows on one of the science channels. Ugly-ass kids with delusions of grandeur undergo several surgeries designed to reconstruct them in the mold of their celebrity of choice. You know right away that there's no chance in hell they'll come out on the other end looking anything like the celebrity, and you get to watch as they try to keep their optimism high despite clearly knowing it's the most pathetic thing they could ever do. I've caught the show more often than I've wanted to (which would have been no times), and seen: ugly-ass twin teens trying to look like Brad Pitt, ending up looking like the eldest Hanson brother; an ugly-ass trannie trying to look like Jennifer Lopez, ending up looking like Juliette Lewis; an ugly-ass male model (?) trying to look more like Elvis Presley (?), ending up looking like Joe Pesci; and an ugly-ass Britney Spears impersonator trying to look more like Britney Spears, ending up looking like Mena Suvari. This show gives me the creeps. It would be better if they actually kidnapped celebrities and removed their faces to graft on to the faces of the contestants, then made the two square off in a Face/Off-esque chase to the death. Somehow, that's a good deal less creepy to me.
Review by Timothy Hay © 2004 |
