Earlier today I caught a television commercial for a show entitled “Little Miss Perfect.” I had to look twice and even hit the replay button to see if what I thought I saw and heard was really what had been on the screen. What caught my attention was the man ‘prancing’ and I use that term very literally, across the screen as if on a run way, telling the little girls sitting on the side lines that they had to “work-it” and “sell-it” to him, as his arms were flailing and he wiggled his hips as if he was hula or belly dancing. Immediately Sean Hayes’ character of Jack McFarland from “Will and Grace” came to mind. Follow this up with the little girls’ mothers talking about their flippers which in pageant terms are fake teeth that the girls wear while they are missing their real teeth. Now according the prancing man, if the judges comment on or are attracted to the girls’ teeth then their flipper is not well constructed as it should look natural… fake teeth on a five year old looking natural? Is he serious? Apparently the flipper is a very important item to have if you happen to be a pageant participant sans teeth. Add to this the spray on tans, four inch high hair and make-up that Tammy Fay would be envious of, and you have a little pageant princess.
