International Santino
Posted by Dan
February 17th, 2006 at 01:54pm
In Project Runway
Well, as we all saw on Wednesday’s “Project Runway”, the inevitable happened and our beloved Kara was sent back to South Africa. I’m sure Nelson Mandela and Charlize Theron will offer her high-fives immediately upon de-planing.
The real tragedy in this, though, is that excessively artsy designer and unrepentant asshole Santino Rice is in the all-important final 3. Despite several previous creations that have nearly given him the axe (like this one that looks like all of Germany got high and threw up), he will likely walk away with the throne.
In any case: poll time. I’ve been trying to figure out who Santino reminds me of since the first episode and I’m still not sure I’ve got it 100%. So far, I’ve got Serj Tankian (singer for Armenian political rock group System of a Down), Rumours-era Mick Fleetwood and Strawberry Shortcake nemesis the Purple Pieman.
(From left: Rice, Tankian, Fleetwood, Pieman)Â
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Sigh. I still miss Nick.
Def Pieman. Good call.
And, honestly, I liked Santino’s evening dress. It was the most interesting and is probably the only one that will be evocative of his Fashion Week collection (that’s right — I capitalized Fashion Week). And, yeah, he’s gonna win. Le sigh.
How about Rasputin from the movie Anastasia?
http://www.foxhome.com/anastasia/cha/assets/c_srasputinframe.jpg
General Zod from “Superman II.” Who was really Terence Stamp, if I remember correctly, which is weird. Although Santino would have been a dandy addition to “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.” I bet he likes Abba poo.
I don’t know why this person has a picture of General Zod, but he/she does: http://www.patfullerton.com/superman/pix/phantomzone/generalzod.jpg
Dammit, Maggie! I’ve been saying he looked like Rasputin from DAY ONE.
Here is Santino/Rasputin and the gang back in the day, when Project Runway was a little less “Funny” and a little more “Bloody,” but just as morbidly fascinating.
http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/graphics/ww_rasputin_01.jpg