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Now that’s What I’m Talkin Bout Er, Or, Now, that is What I am Referring to, if You Please by Roxanne McDonald

I wonder what the fabulous, or charming, Mo’Nique will do away with first: foul language, floozy hairdos, no-fat diets, or far too familiar lines such as “Let’s get Buck wild”?

Take one popular comedienne, two seasons of “Flavor of Love,” and thirteen young women formerly vying for Flava Flav’s love by throwing everything from invectives to icky shoes…and you have yet another offshoot reality TV show ala Jerry Springer meets the girls of The Bachelor.

Mo’Nique is a quasi-legend, I understand. With a portfolio including everything from SRO stand-up and host work at The Apollo to roles on “The Parkers” and in hits like Domino and Phat Girlz to her Queens of Comedy Tour to her plus-sized beauty pageant, Mo’Nique’s Fat Chance, she has the presence. Then, given her tendency toward taking a stance—with her book, Skinny Women Are Evil, or her position in regards to getting booted from a United Airlines passenger plane for taking up two seats and for having an electric hair dryer in an overhead bin—the new Vh1 show, “Charm School,” should offer some telling moments.

But while the serious premise of training Flav’s rejects for poise, proper etiquette, and perfected social skills is at the forefront of “Charm School,” the grooming process (which is also a game show elimination process) is promised to be comical, too, according to Celebrity Spider reporters and writers at Zap2it.
Flavor of Love favorites (in alphabetical order: Bootz, Buckey, Buckwild, Goldie, Hottie, Krazy, Like Dat, Pumkin, Rain, Saaphyri, Serious, Smiley, and Toasteee) will compete in “etiquette boot camp,” vying this time not for a man’s love but for money–$50k—and for the soon-to-be-prestigious title, “Charm School Queen.”

51 Minds Entertainment will produce “Charm School,” likely laying down another track with gold and platinum success. Executive producers Mark Cronin, Cris Abrego and Ben Samek did “My Fair Brady;” are responsible for “The Surreal Life” and “Surreal Life Fame Games;” and made “Flavor of Love” seasons one and two—the latter of which earned “record-breaking ratings [and produced] a second-season finale [which] was by far the most-watched show in VH1 history.”

While “Charm School” will not concern itself with romantic couplings, there will likely be some male interactivity. Hey, Flava Flav might even benefit from a lesson or two on dress or proper use of champagne (which does not belong poured on Flokati rugs). But more to the show’s credit, weekly challenges will require the girls get training in learning to carry themselves properly in “difficult situations.” Mo’Nique says she is “just the woman to give it to them.”

Hopefully, the great comic will help them learn to argue without tossing anyone off any balconies, will correct them when they get to rump-shaking/lap dancing for esteemed guests, and might even show them how to scheme to develop their own show after “Charm School” has run its course.

“Charm School” premieres Sunday, April 15, at 10 p.m..

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