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ACROSS
1 Yin Yang
portrayer in “The
Expendables”
film series
6 Business
11 Covers with
Quilted Northern,
briefly
14 Shun
15 Portend
16 Christian sch. in
Tulsa
17 *Trattoria basket
filler
19 Cartoon
Chihuahua
20 Lad of La
Mancha
21 Union
23 Rural expanse
25 Make a bet
28 “I don’t give __!”
29 Karachi language
31 Nursery
purchase
32 Scrapped, at
NASA
33 *Railroad track
piece
35 Atlas
enlargement
36 Deck honcho,
informally
37 Recital highlights
39 Thomas, Dick
and Harry
42 *Police
surveillance
46 Rations for Rover
47 Sealed
48 Black Hills st.
49 Israel’s Golda
50 Unimportant
52 __ gratias:
thanks to God
53 Rural expanse
55 Son of Aphrodite
57 Diminutive Italian
suffix
58 *Reversed
counterpart
63 Towel holder
64 No longer dirt
65 Artist’s headgear
66 Prior to, in verse
67 Gobs
68 El Día de Los
Reyes month

DOWN
1 Upscale British
wheels
2 Actress Longoria
3 Twister
4 Caron title role
5 Picking out of an
LAPD lineup

6 Bar charges
7 Play with robots
8 Ancient
9 One of the
Allman Brothers
10 Earth, to Mahler
11 Corrida stars
12 Portend
13 *Daytime
observatory
sighting
18 Moves
effortlessly
22 Kid watchers
23 Jean-__ Picard:
“Star Trek: TNG”
captain
24 Make a wrong
turn, say
26 Chow __
27 Quilting gathering
30 Laptop
connection
34 “Mamma Mia!”
song
35 Kind
37 Incomplete
Wikipedia entry
38 More like
Cheerios
39 Folklore creature
traditionally
averse to the
starts of the
answers to
starred clues

40 First lady
between Lou and
Bess
41 Series
installment
42 “Homeland” sta.
43 “Most likely ... “
44 Dubai’s fed.
45 “Thrilla in
Manila” ruling,
for short
47 Change direction
abruptly

50 “The Good Wife”
event
51 Extended family
54 Ballpark figures
56 Portent
59 Button with left-
pointing arrows:
Abbr.
60 Gorges oneself
(on)
61 Belg. neighbor
62 Ike’s wartime
command

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01/20/16

01/20/16

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SERVICES

‘Bachelor’ universe 
provides an escape

In defense of 

mindlessly watching 

reality TV

By KELLY MARTINEK

Daily Arts Writer

I love “The Bachelor.” I love 

the drama, the catty girls, the 
sequined dresses, the too much 
chardonnay. I love that things 
like “chicken enthusiast,” “for-
mer Miss Illinois” and “twin” can 
actually be your job when you’re 
on “The Bachelor.” Sign me up! 
Who needs this bachelor’s degree?

I love that, in “Bachelor” uni-

verse, you can fall in love after 
three weeks and one group date. 
 

I love that you can feel “things 
you’ve never felt before” for some-
one you call Jessica B. I love that 
you get a grace period of, like, 
three serious meltdowns before 
the bachelor can even see any-
thing past your boobs.

What I really love about “The 

Bachelor” is that it’s not real life 
— it is so far from real life, it exists 
in a different universe. “Bachelor” 
contestants are basically space 
aliens. 

“The Bachelor” universe is 

exempt from the laws of our own. 
 

There’s no politics, no religion and 
I don’t think I’ve ever heard any-
one talk about where they went 
to college (No, seriously, can we 
please figure this out? Where do 
I need to transfer to make “dog 
lover” a career?). It’s a universe 
where contestants are actu-
ally rewarded for their crazy 
behavior, because it’s a uni-
verse designed to entertain. For 
two hours every Monday night, 
we can escape to this universe 
where nothing matters except 
a hot guy and his 20 girlfriends.

As college students at the 

University, our lives can be pret-
ty stressful. Between classes, 
extracurriculars, volunteering 
and working, life is full of aca-
demically rigorous, intellectu-
ally challenging things. I feel 
lucky if I have 40 minutes at the 
end of my day to listen to “Seri-
al.” So with all of the craziness 
in our lives, who is anyone to tell 
us what to do with a single min-
ute of our free time? 

Reality TV is entertainment 

in its purest form. It’s mindless. 
It’s manipulated, sure, probably 
scripted to some degree, but who’s 
watching this for an accurate 
representation of the human con-

dition? Whether they’re watch-
ing for the time-lapse romance 
or to diagnose whatever clinical 
psychological disorders some of 
the contestants probably have, 
“Bachelor” fans simply come 
seeking entertainment, and there 
shouldn’t be any shame in that.

Once you’ve spent the better 

part of your day pursuing higher 
education and contributing your 
share to society, you should be 
free to do whatever gives your 
brain a well-deserved break. If 
calculus relaxes you or running 10 
miles clears your mind, I’m unrea-
sonably jealous and I’d like to 
know your secret. But if bad real-
ity TV or those Xbox games where 
you run around killing people are 
your thing, that is just as okay. Do 
whatever makes you happy, do 
whatever you don’t have to think 
about. 

The bottom line: I won’t tell you 

what to do with your “you time” as 
long as you don’t expect me to con-
tribute anything to society from 8 
to 10 p.m. on Monday nights. And I 
won’t tell you to watch “The Bach-
elor,” but if you do, you might find 
its mindlessness surprisingly com-
pelling.

ABC

A midsummer night’s bro.

COMMUNITY CULTURE NOTEBOOK

COMEDY CENTRAL

A normal night for Daily Arts. 
‘Idiotsitter’ refreshes 
 

odd couple premise

By SAM ROSENBERG

Daily Arts Writer

Comedy Central is known to 

cater its programming toward 
a predominantly young adult 
demographic, and its newest 
show, “Idiotsitter,” seems to 
fit that mold. 
Originally 
a 

six-episode 
web series in 
2014, 
“Idiot-

sitter” 
con-

tains 
the 

irreverence 
of 
“Worka-

holics” 
and 

the 
female-

empowered 
humor 
of 

“Broad City.” 
But as a whole, “Idiotsitter” 
works on its own as a refresh-
ing take on the “odd couple” 
premise with its hilarious lead-
ing stars and improvisational 
energy. 

The “sitter” is uptight Har-

vard grad Wilhelmina “Billie” 

Brown (Charlotte Newhouse, 
“Brainstorm”), 
who 
unwit-

tingly becomes the guardian 
and GED tutor of the “Idiot,” 
wealthy, 
fully-grown 
delin-

quent 
Genevieve 
“Gene” 

Russell (Jillian Bell, “Worka-
holics”). The plot sounds hack-
neyed, but Newhouse and Bell’s 
chemistry and the show’s guf-
faw-inducing 
ridiculousness 

are enough to make “Idiotsit-
ter” worthwhile.

While the pilot episode is 

mostly a simple storyline set-
up, it quickly establishes “Idi-
otsitter” ’s swift pacing and 
absurd 
jokes. 
After 
Gene’s 

father Kent (Stephen Root, 
“Office Space”) and his air-
headed wife Tanzy (Jennifer 
Elise Cox, “Web Therapy”) 
go out of town indefinitely, 
Gene throws a rowdy, alcohol 
and drug-fueled party at her 
mansion, much to Billie’s dis-
may. It’s typical to dismiss the 
banality of this scenario, with 
Billie being relegated as a strict 
authority over the party’s out-
of-control nature. But once Bil-
lie decides to indulge in letting 
loose through Gene’s encour-
agement, that’s when the fun 
(and best) parts of the episode 
begin. The two gals have a ball 
dancing to glitzy EDM music, 
doing horrible Austin Powers 
impersonations in the bathtub 
and playing Apples to Apples 
just with apples. 

At times, “Idiotsitter” seems 

like it can go off the rails at any 
moment. Yet it never glorifies 
the affluent lifestyle, nor does it 
forget to recognize the human-
ity of its characters. After Bil-
lie is hoofied — half-roofie, 
half-horse tranquilizer — by 
Gene and her “best, non-sex-
ual friend” Chet (Steve Berg, 
“Coogan Auto”), Billie becomes 
fed up with Gene and leaves. 
However, Gene apologizes and 
the two reconcile through their 
shared love for Patrick Swayze 
in “Dirty Dancing.”

“Idiotsitter” seems like the 

perfect career catalyst for Bell, 
who has consistently shown 
her knack for witty, deadpan 
humor in several film and TV 
roles, such as “22 Jump Street” 

and “The Night Before.” New-
house is also a perfect coun-
terpart to Bell, with both 
actresses building quips off one 
another. What makes “Idiotsit-
ter” a potentially inventive TV 
comedy is that Bell and New-
house don’t just subvert the 
stereotypes of their characters, 

but also add more comedic flair 
and edginess to them.

At first, Billie exudes the 

high-strung, 
Ivy 
League-

educated persona that feels 
all too familiar. But later on 
in the episode, she becomes 
more likable through the help 
of Gene, as they grow from 
completely opposite strangers 
to unlikely friends. Gene isn’t 
the clichéd spoiled girl, with a 
rude demeanor and unpleasant 
attitude. Her behavior comes 
from a child-like innocence, 
and her recklessness is more 
silly than plainly stupid — the 
opening scene involves her ask-
ing two police officers for sex 
while drunkenly riding a pony. 
Considering that both Bell and 
Newhouse are co-creators and 
co-writers of “Idiotsitter,” it’s 
hard not to appreciate their 
comedic efforts in crafting the 
characters so well.

Regardless of the undeniable 

talent behind “Idiotsitter,” the 
show still needs some work in 
developing 
the 
relationship 

between Gene and Billie from 
two very opposite women into 
something much more engross-
ing. “Idiotsitter” doesn’t quite 
reach the comedic heights of 
“Broad City” or “Workaholics” 
and probably won’t for a while. 
But with Bell and Newhouse 
at the acting and writing helm 
of the series, it’s bound to still 
provoke and charm Comedy 
Central’s audience.

B+

Idiotsitter

Comedy 
Central

Series Premiere

Thursdays at 

10:30 p.m.

Can go off the 

rails at any 
moment.

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