REALITY TV CIRCUS

If anyone actually thought that Risky would win Charm School 3 against Ashley, a stripper, and Marcia, a self-professed alcoholic, I would have found them to be an idiot.

But after hearing Risky give a passionate speech about how her childhood was not too great and was riddled by allegations of child molestation, you had to think that she had the best chance of anyone to win the $100,000.

In the end, Risky’s explanation was simply too much and far overmatched either Ashley’s or Marcia’s. I think all three girls were changing before us, but Risky’s speech just did more for Ricki Lake than the other two girls, not to take anything away from either Ashley or Marcia.

Out of all the Charm School shows to date, I found this one to be the most realistic and saw the most change coming out of these girls. All were admittedly skeptical of changing their lives, and all did so with the support of their families.

So all ended well, in my view, and the right person won, even though the three finalists all won in some way, shape or form. Marcia is fighting a deadly addiction, Ashley fought her own demons and is winning and so did Risky. And Ricki Lake made for the best and most competent host the show has ever seen.

The Charm School 3 ladies have had a long road to get to where they are now, which is two weeks from the season finale.

And the Brazilian Marcia has managed to stay off the sauce. Yay! In the last episode, the four remaining ladies went to the Big Easy to help rebuild a city that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina several years ago.

Yes, folks, they are still rebuilding New Orleans after all these years, so do not believe for a second that it’s all good in the N.O.

Anyway, the girls were able to party it up on Bourbon Street the first night they arrived, only to be whisked away from their beds at the crack of dawn to help.

Ashley, as usual, was hung over but she managed to to her part and so she stayed to fight for the $100,000 prize another day.

Brittanya, meanwhile, hit the end of her journey, calling herself a G in her exit interview. Nothing says class like referring to oneself as a G, right? Heh.

So it’s Ashley, Marcia and Risky in the finale. I’m gonna have to go with Marcia, who actually seems like she’s come the farthest out of the three. Ashley’s just there for the money. Risky is my longshot pick.

Remember high school when you had people dropping out all the time? Usually, they smoked cigarettes–and other things–behind the buildings because they thought they were so cool.

Anyway, a similar thing happened last night on Charm School With Ricki Lake when So Hood, in grief because her friend KiKi was expelled, decided to leave.

In her view it was a “black thing.” Whatever. I think it was more of a “I don’t wanna shovel s*** for $100,000″ thing, but that’s just my take. You don’t see Bay Bay Bay, for example, saying anything about race. She’s there for the money.

Everybody is, otherwise they wouldn’t put themselves through these kinds of humiliating challenges on national TV. So for So Hood to say it’s a race thing is just dumb.

But So Hood wasn’t the only one to drop out. Oh no she was not! Farrah, little Miss What The French from Rock Of Love Bus, also decided to go back to stripping instead of winning the $100,000.

She said she just couldn’t take the yelling from the other girls. So that narrows things down to one in the “Blondtourage,” and that’s Ashley.

 Ashley is fixated on bettering herself, um, I mean, winning the $100,000 and so nothing, not even Farrah leaving, will deter her from that.

At this week’s challenge–after two people had already quit and left–the remaining women went to a senior citizens home to try to make a difference.

Brittaney Star was recognized for her uh, work in the motion picture industry by one of the guys. It’s always nice to be known, even if it’s in porn, right?

Bay Bay Bay won the challenge because of her ability to reach the old folks. Ahh, how sweet. (Barfs)

Anyway, at eliminations, it was Brttanya, Brittaney Star (again!) and Bubbles. I can understand the first two, but Bubbles? Why was she up there?

They should have given Bubbles her own show, instead of Daisy. Now THAT would have gotten VH1 some ratings. I will be severely disappointed if they send Bubbles home, but they didn’t. Nobody went home, because two already dropped out.

So, it’s on to next week, where the ladies work with children. Heh. That should be interesting. Wonder if anyone will recognize Brittaney Star from her films.