Monday, June 15, 2009

New Zealand’s Next Top Model Speaks


New Zealand's Next Top Model
(March 13-June 5, 2009)


I’m trying to be flirty with the camera
& relax my eyes
What these other girls don’t realise is
I’m the tallest one here
I can learn to show emotion
Can they grow taller?
I don’t think so

Hosanna is a genius
We all laughed at her
when she started practising
12 hours a day
Walking
looking in the mirror
I’m going to do the same

I’ve got a good body
I’m not going home
I’ve got a future in this industry
Those other girls are bitches
5 of them said that I was going home
They’re going home, not me
I’m here to stay

Hosanna is an idiot
I’m going to New York
I’m going to be a star
If they tell me to eat myself
I’ll do it
I’ve dieted before
Nobody’s getting any sleep

until we’ve cleared this up


[Teryl-Leigh: Surprise]

Yeah, okay, I admit it. I watched it too. We'd taken a solemn vow not to, Bronwyn and I, but when we turned it on "for a look" it turned out to be just too fascinating to ignore.

It's not something I'm proud of, mind you.

And as for the poem, that just happened. Type-casting, you might say. After all, I have already written a poem called "Zen and the Art of America's Next Top Model" which you can check out on the nzepc if you like. I promise to try very hard not to do it again.

Anyway, that's my excuse - what's yours?
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7 comments:

  1. Giovanni Tiso16 June 2009 at 12:00

    Because it was on your blog and I like your blog. I suggest you don't get cocky though.

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  2. Dr Jack Ross16 June 2009 at 14:00

    Fair enough. I guess I was just trying to head off possible critics of NZNTM and its fan-base at the pass - but anticipating trouble tends to be a good way of provoking it, I guess ...

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  3. by kd17 June 2009 at 03:30

    You channel an ambitious catwalker disturbingly well...very funny poem. My excuse is that I love [country here]'s Next Top Model and if we could afford cable I'd watch it incessantly (though JD would flee).

    Heidi Klum hamming it up
    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5643457504903107389

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  4. Tim Jones20 June 2009 at 21:46

    In poetry, one day you're in, the next day you're out. Which is why I think we ought to adapt the reality show format (Project Runway rather than NZNTM, in my opinion) to poetry:

    http://timjonesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/06/poetry-runway-promoting-poetry-one.html

    I see the Michael Kors role fitting you to a tee, Jack.

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  5. Dr Jack Ross21 June 2009 at 13:22

    Hmmm. An interesting notion. I'm relieved that you've cast me as Michael Kors rather than Nina Garcia, at any rate. I am an unrepentant addict of that show, which just keeps on getting better as far as I'm concerned, so I guess I do see the logic of going for a Project Poetry rather than a NZ's Next Top Poet ...

    How do you see yourself in this equation? As Tim Gunn? Go on, you know you want to ...

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  6. Tim Jones21 June 2009 at 14:03

    Hmmmm (looks concerned, but in a patrician way) ... Make it work!

    (You're right, though - "Project Poetry" sounds much, much better than "Poetry Runway")

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  7. Giovanni Tiso23 June 2009 at 11:17

    I'd go for "Project Poetry Runway".

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