'NYC Prep': PC's fashion week faux pas

Oh, PC. Why must you be so annoying and awesome at the same time? New York Fashion Week descended upon "NYC Prep" last night, and the 18-year-old senior served up more drama than a model walk-off.

As someone who chastises others for committing the most minor social faux pas, PC should have been embarrassed of himself. Instead of being the seasoned sophisticate he's desperately tried to portray, he looked like an amateur. His overall sense of self-importance was laughable. There is no way he'd ever get to sit at the front row of a fashion show if he weren't starring in a reality TV show. When he threw a public fit over Kat stealing his seat at the Pamela Roland show, it was like watching a small child stomp his feet at not getting his toy.  "He's not even a girl!" his BFF Jessie cried.

Those sentiments were echoed by Kelli, who had been waiting to unleash her wrath on PC since that disastrous dinner party. When PC confronted her to "apologize" for his behavior at the dinner, she held nothing back. "I feel like I'm fighting with a girl," she told him. Oh snap! I'm glad someone put him in his place for once.

Jessie often does to an extent, but she undeniably has a soft spot for him. Even when he brought two friends to her first work event (thus breaking the cardinal rule of "guests of guests don't bring guests"), she chewed him out. But at the end of the night, she was more concerned that he'd choose partying over writing his papers.

The only person amused by PC is Taylor. She finds him so different from anyone she knows that she can't help but enjoy his company. PC's condescension toward her and Cole at the Jill Stuart show didn't even faze her; all she could do was laugh and shake her head. Last night, Taylor represented that part of us that secretly relishes in walking disasters. Although PC mainly incites annoyance and spite, there's also something oddly awesome and entertaining about watching arrogance on display. It's like we get to be in on the joke when the subject clearly is not. All we can do is laugh and shake our heads.

So what are your thoughts on the episode? Do you find PC awesome or abominable?

-- Enid Portuguez

Photo: Bravo

Comments

[CJ]

Shame on Bravo. Shame on the LA Times. Shame on the adults in PC's life who allowed this to happen. (Yes, that includes you, Grandpa Pete.)

PC is a child who is being exploited. At his young age, he is too naive to make decisions that will impact his future. His cowardly fake bravado is obviously masking insecurity, even to the most casual viewer. How can we look at what has happened to those young people whose lives became circus freak shows (Spears, Spears, Barton, and Lohan come to mind quickly) and then feast at the buffet brought to us by Bravo with no appreciation that our gluttony will have serious consequence?

We should protect young people, especially those like PC who are most at risk from their own actions. We should not choose to make this our entertainment. It is hard enough to be that age. Coming out can be a difficult process for any youngster. But putting a child into the position of having his insecurities broadcast and then analyzed by the snarkiest amongst us is just plain wrong. Where are the adults who can step in and help this child both in life and from falling down the obvious path to personal destruction?

The LA Times is reckless in its obvious enjoyment in the way it covers this poor boy. Since when did this paper aim to have the journalistic integrity of the National Enquirer, circa early '80s?

[Jason]

I really like this show. It's such a trainwreck, you can't help yourself but watch. Overall, I like most of these kids except for Kelli. Now I've never seen such a spoiled little girl in my life. She gets angry for the most littlest things like when PC said she was immature. She acts and thinks she is a princess and I hope she gets a rude awakening soon.
I love NYC Prep, my guilty pleasure.

[deadre]

Seriously, all the parents should be slapped for letting their kids do this show. it is fake, a 17 year old at fashion week?, it's pathetic, it's like watching multi-trainwrecks. only one girl has any intelligence, the character who is serious about college. the rest are jokes, pitiful and creepy. i hope they learn something from this exposure after their friends stop laughing at them.

How bout the stylist for Kelli. Hilarious or not?

[Nina Dylan]

First off, PC is 18 and an adult in the eyes of the law. He didn't need parental permission to be on the show. He signed the contract himself. If kids his age are deemed old enough to enlist in the army and shoot people for the government, then others that age who choose to be followed for a reality TV show can suffer a little ridicule for their obnoxious actions. It's entertainment, CJ, lighten up. There is far greater exploitation going on in this world by forces mightier than Bravo and the media.

[jerry]

Nina, there ARE far worst exploitation in this world. But humiliating unsuspecting children for entertainment is still pretty bad.