It was really tough to miss an all-new episode of "My Name Is Earl" AND "The Office" but I had to give American Inventor another go.
To the "inventor" of the Naughty Knot Bra: I believe you belong in the Eighth Circle of Hell for Pimping and Seducing. It is bad enough when men exploit women as mindless sex objects. It seems somehow more insulting when it's a woman leading the way for the objectification of another woman. And to objectify a woman under the guise of inventing - well, there is no freakin' way Zuska can put up with that. I am afraid that the producers of American Inventor also have to be banished to the Eighth Circle of Hell, for not only did they include this distasteful moment in the actual show, it was part of the ad trailer for the show played over and over and over leading up to this week's episode. And the three white male judges who sat there with stupid grins on their faces looking at the pathetic topless woman...it made me think, yeah, respectable businessmen my ass. Horny adolescence - that's the developmental stage at which your growth halted.
So, women are going to function as theater, as spectacle, as a "bit of fun" on this show. Why should I have expected otherwise? Why was I so stupid to have hoped for a show that would actually focus on the potential for creativity across the nation? Even when women are coming up with the best ideas, like Sharon Clemmins' bathroom door clip. That was so sweet. I would love to see that thing on the market, so that the next time I go into a public restroom and none of the door locks are working, I can just whip out my Clemminator and voila! No straining to reach and hold the bottom of the door shut while balancing precariously...okay you get the picture. Seriously, that is one sweet idea.
Side note: is it me, or does it seem to you that the majority of non-white males have to choke up and get all emotional and demonstrate how noble and deserving they are because they've put so much into their dream, in order for the white judges to give them a "yes"? In other words, make themselves appear not too threatening? Maybe it's just me. Hmmm...
4:32:20 PM 
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