It’s going to be big. The series is big, but even those who have been avoiding it are going to tune in Monday night to see underwear model Evan Marriott deliver the big news. But is the big news really that he’s not heir to $50 million?
What sucks about “Joe Millionaire” is women (and gay men) routinely flock to the absurdly handsome Marriott – even those who believe Marriott is not rich. When he visited the Howard Stern show last week, a platoon of female WXRK workers abandoned their workstations to line the studio halls for a glimpse of the lumbering 6’5” superhunk. He also disclosed to Stern that he had no difficulty, pre-“Millionaire,” attracting supermodels (among them Stern ex Angie Everhart) who had no inkling of his earning power or financial status.
This despite the fact that Marriott is the living definition of “monosyllabic dumbshit.” He explodes the myth that women, when selecting a mate, value personality above looks. Week after week, he crudely demonstrates that he has not much more on his mind than breast size, and his suitors only swoon.
Cast somebody who looks like like Ed Koch as the faux heir. That would be the experiment.
But the real reason we’ll tune in Monday night is tied to what butler Paul Hogan promised at the end of last week’s installment: Something heretofore hidden from the viewing public will be revealed. Long before the first episode aired, speculation ran rampant that Marriott really was a new millionaire, and that his true worth would be uncovered in the finale. There was, after all, that suspicious surname, shared by hotel magnates and inexplicably hidden from the show’s contestants.
Might it be revealed in the finale that the 28-year-old is not currently a man of means, but on the brink of gaining access to a trust fund?
8 p.m. Monday. Fox.
This despite the fact that Marriott is the living definition of “monosyllabic dumbshit.” He explodes the myth that women, when selecting a mate, value personality above looks. Week after week, he crudely demonstrates that he has not much more on his mind than breast size, and his suitors only swoon.
Cast somebody who looks like like Ed Koch as the faux heir. That would be the experiment.
But the real reason we’ll tune in Monday night is tied to what butler Paul Hogan promised at the end of last week’s installment: Something heretofore hidden from the viewing public will be revealed. Long before the first episode aired, speculation ran rampant that Marriott really was a new millionaire, and that his true worth would be uncovered in the finale. There was, after all, that suspicious surname, shared by hotel magnates and inexplicably hidden from the show’s contestants.
Might it be revealed in the finale that the 28-year-old is not currently a man of means, but on the brink of gaining access to a trust fund?
8 p.m. Monday. Fox.
But the real reason we’ll tune in Monday night is tied to what butler Paul Hogan promised at the end of last week’s installment: Something heretofore hidden from the viewing public will be revealed. Long before the first episode aired, speculation ran rampant that Marriott really was a new millionaire, and that his true worth would be uncovered in the finale. There was, after all, that suspicious surname, shared by hotel magnates and inexplicably hidden from the show’s contestants.
Might it be revealed in the finale that the 28-year-old is not currently a man of means, but on the brink of gaining access to a trust fund?
8 p.m. Monday. Fox.
8 p.m. Monday. Fox.
