Bethenny Getting Scary? – Take 5

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OMG Bethenny’s Getting Maaaarrrriiieeddd!!!!!!

How awesome would it be if next week the show appeared with the title: Bethenny got Married??

So, we’re down to the actual big day itself, and each scene was accompanied by a “_ hours to go” label, and I really missed the CSI: SVU ‘chunk-chunk’ sound effect.

OK, first off let’s just get the confessions out of the way. Yes, I teared up during the exchange of vows. Yes, I know it’s only a TV show about complete strangers. Yes, it’s true I’ve never cried at a realtime wedding of people I actually know and love. Blah, blah, blah. I cried, and you know you did too, so stop fronting!

I was impressed with the intimacy Bravo was able to capture despite the whole thing being a “circus” filmed for TV. The step and repeat aspect was kept to a minimum considering that it was a celebrity wedding, and there seemed to be few celebrity guests thrown in for filler or pop. The few that were there I think are actual friends.

The only moment when I felt, or even remembered the cameras, was when they showed a few overhead shots of the nuptuals montaged in with the close-ups of the ceremony. If we’re getting close ups, then the cameras must have been fairly close, but the overhead shots were camera crew-free. So did they have to come back and do a lot of retakes? That must have been annoying.

But overall I felt it was conveyed with a lot of personal focus, with touching one-on-one scenes. There wasn’t a lot of showing off of the bling, and the wedding itself seemed rather tasteful and restrained. As Ramona to say: “Kadooze” to them for puling off a touching and personal event for millions of Peeping Toms.

Our little orphan Dorothy seems to have truly found her own family — once she stopped running around, running away, and realized that ‘There’s no place like home’.

So, will BGM? be a train ride, or a train wreck? Me thinks the answer lies within 5 basic questions. Let’s see how the third hour of the journey went.

Will she end up Kate Gosselin? The bitch factor was put away for the night. I actually feel bad for all those negative bloggers who now have one less knife to throw. It was one of their old standards.
Will she end up Edith Bunker? They both seemed so happy, and equally content with the tone of the event.
Will she end up Rachel Zoe? As sweet as Mother Hoppy is, and as dizzying as Maid-of-honor Teri is, they all supported the plot, not dominated it.
Will she end up Omarosa? Don’t we all invite a camera crew along on our honeymoon? LOL As for the wedding, it could have been so much worse. *cough* Dina Manzo *cough*
Will she end up Rhoda? If getting all wrestled into your wedding dress with 5 assistants, and then realizing you have to pee but there’s no bathroom isn’t Rhoda, I don’t know what is. People will be talking about “the bucket” for a while. Comedy gold.

Meet me back here next week and, like our own private Seder, we’ll ask the 5 questions again.

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