Monday, July 21, 2008

First rule of wedding TV: it’s all about the bride

Nuptial-themed programs provide something borrowed, something bitchy
It's remarkable how many people still labor under the illusion that weddings are simple, happy occasions. Doesn't anyone watch television? Doesn't anyone watch “Bridezillas”?
“Bridezillas” aired as a FOX special in early 2004, and has lived on as a WE show ever since. At first, it focused primarily on apparently normal women who became wildly overinvested in wedding planning. But in subsequent seasons, it's become a lunatic fringe free-for-all. Not content to snipe at wedding planners and photographers,the Bridezillas now shriek at family members, friends, members of the clergy, and whoever else stands between them and the weddings of their sweaty, fevered dreams.
Ten brides race to the altar in a contest to promote the fifth season of WE's "Bridezillas" on June 3 in New York's Times Square. "Bridezillas" is just one of many wedding-themed shows that shed a scary light on the nuptial process.

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