I've watched Project Runway and Project Runway All Stars for years. © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. There is none of that here. Making the Cut is Project Runway with Amazon money: Review Amazon's new fashion design competition captures the thrill of Project Runway on a grander, more enterprising scale. Making the Cut promises that each challenge winner gets their wares sent to an Amazon store, where the reasonably priced goods (up to $100) will be available for purchase right away. What I hate about this show is split screens focusing on judges faces while a model is walking the runway, listening to judges make snarky comments during the show, and focusing on Heidi and Tim tooling around Paris sightseeing or whatever. In short, “Making the Cut” is a serious-minded and apparently earnest attempt to mint a genuine fashion-world superstar, a process that manages to leach much of the fun out of a formula that already has entertainment and education entwined in its DNA. I much preferred watching untapped fashion talent pour their blood sweat and tears into their runway look. Heidi Klum is terrible in this show. Like a well-cut pair of trousers, a competition show’s appeal tends to come from the crisp snappiness of its design; that the show seems at times to lose its own plot and lose track of characters in pursuit of a shifting goal serves it little. She was the obvious winner. I have missed Tim Gunn so much. Swing States Revealed a Nation Plagued by Misinformation, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex to Convene Special Edition of TIME100 Talks on the State of Our Shared Digital Experience, The Disastrous Swedish Approach to Fighting COVID-19, You can unsubscribe at any time. Like a well-cut pair of trousers, a competition show’s appeal tends to come from the crisp snappiness of its design; that the show seems at times to lose its own plot and lose track of characters in pursuit of a shifting goal serves it little. Is it the same show? If “Project Runway” is a general-interest series, “Making the Cut” is deeply niche, concerned with pragmatic matters that are both deeply germane to the fashion business and — just maybe — beyond the scope of what a reality show might have needed to concern itself with. There's nothing fashion types love more than reworking an idea and making it into something new, and with Making the Cut for Amazon Prime, Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn (Klunn?) The phenomenon that is Drag Race, a breakout hit from queer-centric channel Logo that moved to the more visible VH1 after proving its wide appeal, explains why Netflix is saturated with drag content and three of RuPaul’s girls have an unscripted series, We’re Here, in the works at HBO. Contestants get to go to glamorous locations, including Paris and Tokyo, to not only show their work but also get inspiration. Making the Cut, the new Amazon series from Project Runway's Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, replicates a well-worn formula, but comes at a time when nobody's thinking about buying clothes. Here's what happened during the two-hour finale! Maybe I'm being too picky, but there was too much movement and I couldn't focus on what was coming down the runway. And then there’s that Amazon synergy. Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn are back together on TV, but their new show is not exactly a return to form. The judges, including Nicole Ritchey and Naomi Campbell (wtf?) I really can't stand the music. | Accessible? But, too often, from its premise to its lost and confusing judging process, “Making the Cut” feels — ironically enough for a show focused on design within reach — inaccessible. Having said all that, sone of these judges are clearly more concerned about actually functioning as judges instead of personalities. Really wanted to like this but its bad all around. And the first episode’s 70-minute running time is outright unflatteringly baggy. Rather than “Runway’s” mix of at-times green strivers, “Making the Cut” is comprised entirely of designers who have managed to gain a foothold in the fashion industry; these folks, seemingly cast for reasons other than TV drama, are more forcefully in competition with themselves than one another. All Rights Reserved. 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I don't want to look at judges instead of the designers' creations, and I sure don't want to hear petty snarky comments from judges. At least some of the judges are able to pick up the dramatic slack, particularly Naomi Campbell, whose trademark forthright nature is often the blunt force the contenders need. Runway, with its simple formula of talented contestants, celebrity hosts and sharp-tongued judges, seems easy to replicate. Photo Credits: Amazon Prime; NBC, Virginia Sherwood/NBC; Netflix; Pop TV; Robert Viglasky, Hartswood Films; Fred Hayes/Disney+, Fox, PopTV; Bettina Strauss/Netflix; Nicole Rivelli/Amazon, Netflix, Frank Masi/Apple, Disney, Jasper Savage/Hulu; Diyah Pera/CW; Stefania Rosini/Amazon Studios; Ben Blackall / © Mammoth Screen 2019; Frank Masi/Sony Pictures; A24; Christopher Saunders, Amazon Studios, Prime Video; Trae Patton/NBC, Robin Givhan mused in a recent piece, clothing has value because of where we wear it. None of that is the fault of anyone on this show of course, but when it's the main hook of the series, we're sort of back to the original idea. I loved Project Runway and I am happy to see "Klunn" back together again on a platform untainted by H. Weinstein, but I am sorely missing the scrappy PR contestants! The judging process is just another way for prejudices to be implemented without calling it that. And then the fix was in at least 4 episodes ago. In yet another pushback against what traditional reality shows look like, “Making the Cut” can eliminate as many contestants as the judges like each episode, and also allows those eliminated to plead their case to judges before they go. “This adventure is going to be like no other,” Heidi tells the cast in their first meeting. This should not be about the judges. Big Project Runway fan and really LOVE Tim, and liked Heidi on PR. Moments like those are perhaps a sop to viewers at home, of whom much is expected.
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