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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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‘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.
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