In the David Mamet movie State and Main, the character Bob Barrenger, a louche actor played by Alec Baldwin, gets into a dramatic car crash while drunk driving, and emerges to state, “So…that happened.”
And that, BuddyTV readers, is nearly all I can manage to say about this car-wreck-like season of That's Amore!
That's Amore!: that happened.
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Your Take
TheEditor said:
I'm certain even MTV wants to forget it. Maybe Tila Tequila 2 will be better. Maybe.
LQSeaton said:
Agreed. Let the healing begin.
BuddyD said:
Now that this is over, let's all pretend it never existed and go back about our daily lives.
Okay, I guess I can also say that either Domenico Nesci is a better actor than you could ever imagine or he is actually smitten with Megan as his tears at the end seemed rather heartfelt.
And, actually, if he were a better actor, he probably wouldn't have made it as patently obvious as he did when bringing the two girls back to Italy. When meeting up with the two women for the first time on his native soil, he barely glanced at Kim, directing most of his comments to Megan.
So, maybe just maybe, it was worth all the food that was wasted in those gross-out challenges and all the degradation the girls on the show willingly participated in because at the end, true love was found.
Then again, if I think about it, it probably wasn't worth it.
And here are some notes for aspiring villains like Kim, and for the producers who craft them. If you want the villain to make it all the way to the end, you are going to have to at least slightly redeem his or her image at some point. If so, it's best to make sure there is some redeemable behavior.
When Kim stated she had acted so atrociously to win Domenico's heart, it's a little bit hard to buy since she spent so much time tormenting someone (Rebecca) who never seemed to really connect with Domenico…except about being the underdog. Which Kim just made her. But then again, I suppose looking for some kind of internal logic in the That's Amore! world is asking for a bit much.
Anyway, it's all over now, and since That's Amore! did not seem to seem to really grab the public's attention, maybe Megan and Domenico will find themselves in an enviable position after the show: able to carry on a reality-show initiated romance without the prying eye of the public.
- Leslie Seaton, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
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