I might watch John Waters' new show at least once before it is cancelled - he cracks me up.
Discussing the crazy socialized rituals that are weddings (disclaimer: I'm a serial monogamist who has so far avoided both progeny and marriage), Mr. Waters says:
Sidelines: The Groom Reaper: The Talk of the Town: The New Yorker
I don’t understand the whole process: the poor girl has to go out and buy, with her own money, some dress that she will never wear again; you go out with the man the night before and he is allowed to get blow jobs from hookers....This week, Waters appears in a new comedy series entitled “’Til Death Do Us Part,” on Court TV. Each episode charts the progress of a couple’s romance from the altar to the courthouse, where, several years later, one spouse is accused of murdering the other. The cases are based on real couples, and, in a macabre framing device, Waters appears each week as a narrator called the Groom Reaper. “This is a pro-divorce show,” Waters explained. “The viewer might have wanted to kill his wife right before this show, because who hasn’t? That’s why I am single. Someone thought up an ad campaign for the show—‘Stay single and stay alive’—which I love.”
ps, can you tell I'm happy The New Yorker has entered the 21st C.E., and now includes RSS feeds for their content?
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