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Jun 25, 2008 -
I surprised myself last year by really coming to love Shear Genius, Bravo's Project Runway knockoff about hair stylists. I'd been expecting to find the competition just more of the same, but all it took was one haircut with hedge clippers and one contestant named Dr. Boogie to get me hooked.
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May 30, 2007 -
Why, it seems like only days ago that our "Shear Genius" was performing its first hedge clipper haircut. Alas, the wackiest reality show on TV wraps up its season tonight, with a final three of Daisy, Anthony and Ben competing for $100,000 in front of a panel of judges that will include Vidal Sassoon himself. Despite my initial skepticism, this show has won me over completely; I hope Bravo brings it back for a second season, though I can't imagine how the producers could find a new cast as wonderfully bizarre as this one.
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May 24, 2007 -
After last week's unceremonious booting of two of the strongest stylists in the competition, "Shear Genius" was back this week with the second to last episode. Wow, time flies when you're learning the cutthroat world of hair art. Onwards and upwards, let's recap our penultimate hair cuts (both figuratively and literally):
At the beginning of the show, the four remaining contestants were thrown right into their first challenge — styling an African American woman's hair.
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May 18, 2007 -
Let's all think together: Has there ever been another reality show where a contestant has shown up at a mall dressed like a ninja? I think that's yet another first for "Shear Genius."
At the start of the episode, the stylists discovered three ledger books waiting for them in the apartment.
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May 11, 2007 -
Everyone on "Shear Genius" is pretty Grade-A crazy, huh? This week really brought out the nuttiest in the seven remaining stylists, including Tyson conjuring visions of Queen Elizabeth's hairdresser. Wow.
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May 04, 2007 -
This week's "Shear Genius" featured one of the greatest yelling, screaming, obscenity-laced fights I've ever seen on reality television, and it was all because of ... hedge clippers? Yeah.
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Apr 26, 2007 -
"ANTM" was a lame recap episode this week, so I'm here to cover "Shear Genius" instead. If you’re not watching "Shear Genius," you should be. Last night’s episode was exactly the kind of fun I want from a Contest Reality Show.
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Apr 25, 2007 -
Just a couple of weeks ago, I was pretty wary about Bravo's haircutting competition show, "Shear Genius." Oh, how times have changed. Somehow, I've become a huge fan — possibly the show's biggest fan, given some of the other reviews I've read.
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Apr 11, 2007 -
It's not that I have anything against hair styling: I've been known to devour whole seasons of "Blow Out" in a single sitting. But I'm really unsure about Bravo's new competition show, "Shear Genius," which premieres tonight after the "Top Design" finale. I just can't picture how hair cutting could be riveting enough to hold my attention for the next three months.
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Feb 18, 2007 -
For this week's Recast challenge, I asked you guys to pick all-new actresses for a TV show that was recently made into a movie: "Charlie's Angels." It's such a fun series that it could definitely stand to be recast again.
If you were recasting "Charlie's Angel's" today, what kickass, sassy women would you put in the three main roles?
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