Looking back through the lens of 2025
It will be interesting to see how the perception of this show changes again once the Netflix series airs. Banks used the opportunity to express remorse for what happened. “I knew I had gone too far. I had lost…” she said of her infamous moment of anger. Mok also regrets taking on the infamous “crime scene” challenge, saying, “I take full responsibility for that filming.” “That was a mistake. Looking back, I think it was a glorification of violence. It was crazy. Looking back now, I think, ‘You were an idiot.’
However, not everyone agrees with re-litigating the show. Season 1 winner Adrienne Curry refused to participate in Reality Check and expressed her opposition, which I suggested.It’s useless Judging a show from decades ago by today’s standards. “I think it’s ridiculous for people to psychoanalyze through a woke lens now, over 20 years later,” she wrote on social media.
But Lindemann says it’s important to appreciate even older shows and recognize their impact on society, for better or worse. “I think it’s fair to say, ‘Knowing what I know now, viewing this cultural work no longer gives me the same pleasure, because I recognize its harm,'” she says. “That’s because we know first-hand that it harmed those who participated and contributed to broader societal harms such as sexism and racism. This is not to say that everyone who participated in a problematic show is an absolute monster. It’s just that we now have a different lens through which to view it. That said, there are some problematic aspects of the show that should have been turned a blind eye to by us, even back then.”
“ANTM was very much a product of its time,” she added. “For me, it was always very reflective of what the modeling industry was like at the time. – At least that’s the funhouse mirror reflection. ”
reality check: Inside America’s Next Top Model will be released on Netflix on February 16th.
Source: BBC Culture – www.bbc.com
