I don't know how I started watching Crowned. I saw a billboard while driving. The writer's strike had killed all the good narrative television. I had just moved and didn't really know that many people and needed something to do. The devil made me do it. Whatever the cause I now watch the show faithfully -- There's a number of things I could say about it, but any theorizing really gives the show too much credit. It's a weirdly bipolar exploration of the role of mother and daughter (friend or parent? pageant beauty or Sears family photo? sincere, inner beauties or bodacious bitchy?) and both sadistic (contestants are forced to cut off the losing teams' sashes with huge bedazzled shears) and sweet (next week the teams work for Habitat for Humanity).
While fast-forwarding through commercials a couple weeks ago I saw the following and mistook it for the show and hit play:
The commercial is part of Converse's Disruption campaign. The campaign calls into question how our media consumption prevents us from getting out and creating. Is this a superficial critique or a subversive call to action?
Not sure. All I can say is that this mother/daughter pair looks like a sitcom teen best friend (Six or Kimmy style) and wise-cracking grandmother (Mona from Who's The Boss) power couple.
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