Soft Machine³ - Arts Tech and Other

Note: For (those who can simulate being) U.S. viewers, I included the episode via Hulu embed, which I will remove when it expires removed on expiration.

UPDATE: It’s clear BravoTV is junk food TV. They know it isn’t any good, and I’m sure they don’t want any of their video attached to unapproved commentary. If you must watch this, go pay for it somewhere and be ashamed.

 Teresa GiudiceThis episode (season 2 ep. 10) was filmed many months ago in the fall of 2009, around the time of Teresa’s husband’s other property foreclosure, one of Joe’s many construction / speculation boondoggles. That’s why Teresa was so upset that Danielle dug up dirt on a foreclosure, and why Teresa wanted to punish her.

I’m not inclined to discuss the “Danielle problem.” I find her extremely pathetic and boring. The most interesting thing about her is that her daughters have that weary, worried appearance of waif children who are forced to take an adult role. They successfully dissuaded Danielle from a drive-by stalking.

Danielle is a fame-seeking would-be tragic figure whose real tragedy is her shallowness, her delusions of grandeur, and her pathetic mis-use of the legal system. Excuse me, but I can imagine anyone murdering Danielle out of sheer exasperation — but I’m sure the jury would be sympathetic.

Danielle should not be such a big problem for the other housewives. Teresa doesn’t seem frightened by Danielle. Quite the contrary. In this episode Teresa was not trying to “be nice” at all. She started out saying what a sweet nice person she herself is, except for Danielle making her a table-tosser. Hey Teresa did no one ever tell you you’re not supposed to say those things about yourself even if they’re true? And if they aren’t, you appear crass, self-absorbed, and deluded.

Yeah honey, you’re so sweet, you immediately became shrill, foul-mouthed trash, saying “old hag” and “b*tch” about a million times. And sweetie, using this language with people you aren’t close to is meant to be a put-down, you nasty little piece of work. Do you read me, doll-face?

It must be said, here Teresa resembles no one as much as a low-class drag queen or project diva going off on a rival, reading her beads, after some dust-up over a boyfriend or coveted fashion accessory.

It turns out Teresa must really be from a poor background, because she’s very proud of her “5 million dollar mansion” which is worth a fraction of that and does seem like a poor, uneducated person’s idea of elegance. Freddie two-fingers’ gay cousin probably didn’t help much with the interior.

Teresa and husband Joe

The 11 million dollar bankruptcy is much more recent, was apparently filed days after the other foreclosure, so I’m very confused about the timeline and Teresa’s insistence that their “dream home” wasn’t foreclosed. Zillow says otherwise, in a piece dated June 7, 2010. Here’s a June 5 piece at the New York Post if you must.

The bankruptcy is in large part a bunch of mortgages, construction loans and “renovation” debts where Joe left sub-contractors holding the bag when some ridiculously priced goombah palace wouldn’t sell. I was under the impression that credit card debt isn’t forgiven anymore with any kind of bankruptcy, so that will be interesting. The other possibility is Joe did make some money, “tax free” ha ha, and buried it in the back yard.

I’m giving it four stars for schadenfreude, nastiness,  name-calling, hair-pulling and evidence of a nation in serious decline. E un uomo d’affari e imprenditore di successo! While searching for an image of Joe Giudice, Google suggested I search for “Joe Giudice construction mafia.” Enjoy!

UPDATE: These clips from Bravo TV won’t expire  Silly me, and shame on BravoTV. I won’t be talking about them much since they expire even short clips. 

Teresa and Joe deserve a full IRS investigation. Teresa’s lie that the bankruptcy is Joe’s and his partner’s is pathetic, since it includes her outrageous spending. It’s a personal bankruptcy, hers and Joe’s and no one else’s. She should stop hurling insults like “coke whore” since she could be called a “mafiosa guidette.”

Teresa is quite the liar, as she recounts her disgusting behavior for her husband. Her response to a fact which she refuses to acknowledge is to hurl nasty insults. She should try to throw less bitch rocks since she lives in a foreclosed glass house. Didn’t some Housewife “sing” about how money can’t buy you class? It can however buy classes in subjects like civil discourse, conflict resolution, public relations, ethical behavior, civics. Hell, she needs to take English to learn how to hurl a better class of insult. 

Apparently this is a grifter scam, timing their bankruptcy carefully and filing papers that are chock-full of outrageous lies. A pity her character betrays the scam, since the first mention of “foreclosure” in front of the cameras is enough to send her over the edge.  NJ.com has more from June 7, right after the New York Post discovered their bankruptcy papers.