GENIUS ALERT ft. Ali Barthwell - ANTM S4E7 "The Girl Who Pushes Tyra Over the Edge"

Lara and Carey are back for another rendition of Genius Alert, and this time they’ve enlisted the brilliance of 5x Emmy-winning writer and reality TV scientist, Ali Barthwell. They discuss Ali’s new book “Reality TV for Snobs,” which acts as a definitive guide to the essential reality shows of the 21st century, including Real Housewives, Vanderpump Rules, and, of course, America’s Next Top Model; the latter of which Ali stops by the SUP Stu on her way to ANOTHER Emmy awards (for her work on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver) to discuss. Yes, that’s right: the three embark on a journey back to Tyra Banks’s Model Land, discussing cycle four, episode 7 “The Girl Who Sends Tyra Over the Edge.” The explosive season features legends like winner Naima, Michelle and her battle with necrosis, Brittany’s power-bangs, Kahlen’s hives, the diabolical trolling of Keenyah, the iconic Tiffany, and more.

The ladies head to a rindom acting lesson in Palos Verdes, where Larry Cross forces them to master cockney accents for some unknown reason. They girls mostly stumble, with Larry locking into Tiffany the hardest over her prescient unwillingness to be anything but herself. Their thespian prowess is tested alongside actor/model Boris Kodjoe, and the winners are treated to diamonds in a sketchy vault, while Tiffany stands up to micro-aggressive assessments of “ghetto” accents. The next day, the models are paired up with a male model named Rib for a WonderBra lingerie shoot, with many of them rightfully uncomfortable over the awkwardly sexual nature of the challenge.

Then at elimination night, the ladies are tasked with teleprompter readings, butchering the names of countless fashion houses. Tiffany, continuously mind-fucked by the judges and production, gets in her head but soon snaps into star-mode, oozing more charisma and personality than all the other girls combined. But that’s not enough for Tyra, who faces off with what she perceives as an ungrateful Tiffany in a television crash out for the ages. Nothing was ever the same.

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