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Archive through October 19, 2005

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Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 11:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
I wouldn't feel too sorry for Alexis...people put themselves into most situations. If she's never liked in a group she does it to herself and probably gets something out of it.

I don't mind her on the show it's that cigar holding wannabe George that bugs me!

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 11:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
Alexis appears to be sad all the time, like the weight of the world is on her shoulders.

Kep421
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08-11-2001

Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kep421 a private message Print Post    
I heard Alexis say that she was the one no one liked in a team environment, but I got the impression Alexis was trying to tell Dawn that she felt a kind of comaraderie with Dawn...

...and not so much because they were "outsiders", but more because both have strong personalities, and the strong personalities are not always accepted or welcomed in a group evironment.

I haven't seen any of the self pitying behavior others are noticing. But I don't know anything about Alexis, heck I didn't even know that she was Martha's daughter until I read it here.

Am I missing some history between Martha and Alexis?

Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 12:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyjaxmom a private message Print Post    
Sorry, Kep, but I don't see Alexis as having a "strong personality." On the show she comes off as having no personality. JMHO, of course!

Ocean_islands
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09-07-2000

Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 12:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ocean_islands a private message Print Post    
Martha does look at Alexis, she clearly has her mother's confidence. I wish she had more opportunity to speak up, but she seems reserved.

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 12:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
I don't think Alexis has exhibited any self-pitying behaviour (Dawn certainly did) she just seems sad to me.

I think Alexis prefaced her statement to Dawn with something along the lines that until this task she had been rooting for Dawn, as she too was unliked in team environments so felt an affinity with her, but it was blown by the way she behaved on this task. It certainly was edited to show Dawn as being unco-operative and lazy. The girl had no shining moments during this job interview.

Kep421
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08-11-2001

Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 12:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kep421 a private message Print Post    
That's ok Babyjaxmom... I don't know if Alexis has a strong personality or not... kinda hard to tell with how little interaction she has on the show... but Alexis might think that of herself. That's what I'm refering too, that Alexis thinks that she and Dawn both have strong personalities...

I've never seen Alexis before this show, so I don't know what she is like when she isn't in that chair next to Martha. I also haven't seen anything that she's done to warrant some of the comments about her personality.

I'm just wondering if somethings have happened outside this show that are coloring some views of her? Not trying to start a fight here... just not understanding the faint animosity I'm picking up from some posts...

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 12:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Kep, Television Without Pity has an excellent discussion about Alexis and Ms. Stewart--but then again, it's an excellent board! I haven't read the whole thing (because Alexis doesn't really interest me, to tell the truth), but I do recall that Ms. Stewart and Alexis have dated the same man at least once in the past. IIRC, that man was the notorious Sam Waksal!

Ocean_islands
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09-07-2000

Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ocean_islands a private message Print Post    
Well, I like Alexis.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 1:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Stepping back, I think that maybe I was a little harsh yesterday. I kind of like Alexis myself. What I wish is that they would make her a bit more of an integral part of the show so that we could see a little more of what she is like.

Kep421
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08-11-2001

Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 1:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kep421 a private message Print Post    
Thanks Tish!!

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 2:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
Cdbga, Thanks. I am listening to them now.

Ocean_Islands, I like Alexis too. I think she is getting a lousy edit.

Rehtse
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08-17-2005

Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 6:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rehtse a private message Print Post    
Thanks a lot, Tish, all your fault I read some stuff about the Mommie Dearest movie...now I have an image of Martha yelling hysterically at a young Alexis: No more wire hangers!

Too bad Joan and Martha were not contemporaries...they could have been great friends!

Puzzled
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08-27-2001

Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 10:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puzzled a private message Print Post    
Carolyn didn't say much the first year of Apprentice, either. Who knows, Alexis might speak up more later.

OTOH, with a perfectionist mother and Charles, with his dumb cigar, I might be trying to blend in with the wallpaper, too.

Cokegirl
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03-08-2004

Friday, October 14, 2005 - 3:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cokegirl a private message Print Post    
I been watching this show and it seems ok but definatily not like DT. I never really liked MS just because everything has to be soooooo perfect and she has a way of making me feel guilty for it not being perfect. That probably makes no sense LOL
Anyway just want to say I did a survey today and it asked if I watched this show and a bunch of questions about salad dressings like Hidden Valley. Kraft, Wish Bone and Paul Newman's. Then it asked if I watched 10/12 show and see the previews for the 10/19 show also if I was going watch the 10/19 show. Did I miss something? Are they doing something with salad dressings???

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Friday, October 14, 2005 - 9:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
The previews showed something about salad dressings and showed Martha in the Conference room tasting salad, so maybe they will have to develop a new one ...

Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 1:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
Rumors not withstanding I think Alexis is very protective of her mother. I remember watching her on Larry King. I believe it was after her mother's sentencing. She looked like she was quietly seething over the whole situation. She said something to the effect that she's not as gracious and forgiving as her mother is with people who've done her wrong. She's probably become very protective of her mom over the past couple of years and maybe that's why she's on the show. I used to think it was so weird that on her mother's previous series you would see Martha's nieces but never her own daughter. Perhaps this time she figures she'd better get involved to make sure Burnett doesn't do further damage to her mother's image.

I get the feeling Alexis is biting her tongue most of the time on this show. She seems the type who doesn't suffer fools gladly, but is exercising restraint on camera.

In previous episodes I noticed that whenever they showed Leslie she was always smiling. Maybe she's one of those positive "I can do it" people and that's why she took on the Matchstick challenge. Too bad she's stuck with them now. I'm looking forward to seeing if Jim will be booted this week. It looked like he was the main offender in the previews.

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 3:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
If Jim is fired then the promo totally gave it away. I suspect his team won so he escaped but was admonished for his behavior.

Kep421
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08-11-2001

Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 9:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kep421 a private message Print Post    
"I get the feeling Alexis is biting her tongue most of the time on this show. She seems the type who doesn't suffer fools gladly, but is exercising restraint on camera."

THANK YOU!! That is the vibe I'm also getting, but couldn't quite verbalize. Just based on the show, I like Alexis, her quiet demeanor, the feeling that there is a lot of thought processes going on behind that "non-committal" face. At the time I was forming these opinions I had no clue who she was or what she did at MSO. (I missed the first half of the first show.) But now I'm going to watch more closely... to see if I can pick up any more "vibes"...LOL


Cokegirl
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03-08-2004

Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 4:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cokegirl a private message Print Post    
Thanks Ladytex when I read about eating salad then i remembered DUH LOL!!!

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 8:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Oh please, get rid of Jim. Jennifer may be ineffectual (this time 'round only?), but Jim is not a team player. I can't stand him.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 8:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Anybody else see that horrid commercial with the those two assistants?

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 8:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
lol i really liked tonights show and after tonight i am not giving jim any more second (fifth) chances...

Vee
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02-23-2004

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 8:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
I'm sick of Jim...sick, sick, sick of him and I can't believe the M.S. would keep him around. Why? So he can go back to his team and threaten them some more? It's all a big joke after all, I guess; therefore, I don't have to watch anymore.

Idolworship
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05-07-2003

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 8:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Idolworship a private message Print Post    
Eeeeeeek! No spoiling? Rats! I don't wanna wait up:-)