Gosh has it really been 4 days since i've posted.
Geez.
I watched the Martha Stewart version of the apprentice tonight.
(it's premiere night)
Boy do i have a whole hell of a lot to say.
I LOVE MARTHA
Always have, always will. Always always.
The woman dresses in martha stewart signature colors -which match the entire omnimedia office which is painted and decorated using martha stewart signature colors.
The decor of the conference room they used is just absolutely beautiful. Serene background showcasing an impressive dark laquered table atop which sits three small square bows filled with some neat, green bushy thing. (I kept trying to see what it is but i'l keep peeking till i figure it out)
Her right hand people are her daughter Alexis and chairman of the board Charles Koppelman (who it turns out knows one of the candidates and was oh so shocked to see her walking into the conference room) He mentioned it and informed her that if she's as good as the rest of them, she has a chance. Martha inquired as to the nature of the relation and he said that she was a friend of his daughter and he'd known her since she was 15. The girl later added that she dated his son at some point.
The team members were asked to split themselves into two companies a la Trump's version and they split Creative vs Corporate - creative being called Matchstick and corporate being primerius (er i need to double check that). Bad bad BAD idea!
You never put a bunch of creatives together without corporate/managerial intervention. As much as we hate them, we cannot organise and execute anything - especially a creative endeavour without having a hellacious time. Creatives, while we appreciate other's work we also find fault easily and everyone wants it to be their way. We also spend a lot of time on the creative aspect of things (duh its our job) and sometimes have a lot of trouble with the delegation and project management, budget etc side of things. This was like watching a trainwreck unfold as the creatives squabbled and the project manager (who i personally think needed to be on the corporate end of things) Jeff hung on to the reins and basically hung everyone with it. He ultimately went home with the new phrase ' you just don't fit in' which is VERY martha but packs nowhere near the punch of The Donald's 'You're Fired'.
It was amazing to see an entire group after voicing very valid concerns over the project, allow themselves to be taken over completely by the project manager, hm. I know he was project manager and ultimate decisions were up to him, but there were people more qualified to handle the project and he, as a project manager needed to recognise this and delegate to suit.
The book was terrible, the way it was written was terrible ( he tried to be Dr Seuss and to say he failed miserably is an understatement).
The other group re wrote jack and the beanstalk as an undersea version and pre tested it on kids before finalising it - the corporate heads were strategising while the creatives caved in to jerky Jeff's joke of a fairytale.
Jim will prove to be a toe cruncher as his inappropriate and ill timed humor lends to an impression of him being a slacker with a big mouth. I love Howie he's my guy right now. The girl Bethenny (who Charles knew) seems to be a bit of a firecracker so she's one to watch as well. She mouthed off on Dawn in the board room and thank God it got silenced before she started growing fangs. Martha won't have fangs in her conference room no sir. The texture 'Just don't fit in.'
I think Dawn had a lot to offer today and maybe she wasn't vocal enough in expressing it to Jeff, but due to editing, who knows, i doubt Jeff would have listened anyways. Jeff was definitely not a team player and it showed instantly. I can't wait to watch next week to see what plays off.
Btw...did any of you guys want that sushi more than i did?
Droooooool.
