Blow Out Not Letting All the Air Out with It
Blow Out Not Letting All the Air Out with It by Roxanne McDonald
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One more celebreality TV show at first glance might seem obnoxious and not worth watching. But it turns out Blow Out is pretty decent, what with the backstory and all, which plays out as Jonathan Antin, hairdresser to the stars, climbs the success ladder. |
Blow Out, on BRAVO, concerns the sustaining of a super popular salon in Beverly Hills, and also follows owner and expert hair stylist Antin as he works to design and extend a line of hair products. Antin, who looks and sounds like a retired boxer, has had a brutal childhood. This we know because he takes the time on camera to visit his therapist, to deal with his issues and wishes and worries.
In one respect, the show is yet another obnoxious and teasing look at someone who has a ton of money and who is spoiled and overly demanding.
For example, in one episode in season two, meeting with the artist who is designing the hair product labels, Antin gets pissy about timing and limitations, saying he wants more options than the ones the artist has brought. The designer comments that Jonathan’s is not the only salon needing bottles and that had they taken the time to have a real meeting back at the artist’s shop the product line packing choices would be greater.
This of course triggers Antin’s feelings of being less-than, of being talked down to, and he snipes, “First of all, don’t touch me like that.” Then he goes into pissy fit ranting how “This is MY salon,” and how the artist needs to do things HIS way, etc.
Of course,
viewers don’t know at the time that Antin has the inferiority complex and issues, so we are taken aback by how spoiled and difficult and unreasonable he is being. Then he softens, in later episodes, when the bottle designs are done (and satisfying in their Paul Mitchell look alike style).
Antin not only apologizes – in the way big hulking he-men apologize – but he is caught on camera crying a couple of times: when his line is completed, when he is picked up by QVC, and again at other milestone moments in the series.
Some of us are still deciding if the hairstyling skills, which are lauded across the nation, will hold strong against the baggage of relationships, family history, and emotional challenges. At the same time, others of us are warming up to the damaged little boy from the downtrodden part of town who hiked (or spiked) his way
to the Hollywood circles where he is respected and much sought after by models, celebrities, and hairdressers alike.
And something must be working, for Jonathan Antin has been holding strong with his reality TV show, Blow Out, for three seasons now.
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