I admit it, I have never, ever liked Jennifer Lopez. Part of this stems from that old Movieline interview where she rags on everyone with a shocking amount of overcharged ego. But the rest stems from the fact that I haven't liked her in anything I have seen her in. At least if I could appreciate the performances, the ego would have had some merit.
And I'm not the only anti-J-Lo moviegoer out there. You know you've got to reexamine your career when you get killed off in Jersey Girl and everyone applauds (a move reminiscent of Segal's clap-inducing demise in Executive Decision). But she still trucks on with movie roles, trying to make her cred meet her big tabloid name. But now Lopez, Marc Anthony, and her kids are heading for reality television, in a move I can only see as desperate.
Reuters reports that she will star and executive produce a new TLC series "about her life as an actress and singer, new mother of twins, and entrepreneur launching a fragrance line." But have no fear! She says that she thinks "it'll be something very exciting." Right.
Since these moves never give participants any sort of real cred, I imagine this is a desperate move rather than a carefully plotted point on her career path, and I would be immensely surprised if this helped her career . I see a melange of infomercials in her future if she's already looking at reality television, but what do you think? Is this a good move? A bad move? A bad move that makes you happy? A show you're dying to see? If so, why?
Discuss away!
1. J.Lo? More like E.Go!
Posted at 9:23PM on Apr 24th 2008 by V.M.L.