Morgan Fairchild and Bo Derek had a series of catfights on "Fashion House". Despite the star power and budget, none of them quite broke thru as iconic. What went wrong.
1> While Morgan and Bo both look great and are by no standard over-the-hill, and are wearing their best hair and clothes, we can never quite shake the nagging thoughts that:
a> Sure, Morgan's 'do is full and pullable....and, yet....it's not her full-on bitchblonde Jenna Wade look circa 1979 .... or even her all-out peroxide Flamingo Road get-up. Would't it have been great watching her fight in THOSE?
b> Bo's corporate-MILF shoulder-length 'works'.....and, yet....this is the goddess who practically invented beaded braids in '10'. Imagine a 1979 hair-ripping catfight in THOSE?
2> Morgan is clearly "in-shape"--no beer-belly paunch on either lady. But Morgan's forward movements throughout the series of this awkward 'hitch' in them--like she's on rollerblades or her underwear is rolling up on her or her nylons are rolling down or the elastic on her panties just snapped--I can't put my finger on it....it's just that something is 'off'. A great catfight requires confident, smooth movements. She never has it when the bell rings and it's Go Time, especially when Bo is on-screen.
3> Even tho Morgan is supposedly the Alpha, it's Bo who gets the jail-cell fight scene against the supporting actress. Why wasn't Morgan banging down the writers' doors demanding equal screen time?
4> A food fight? With cake frosting, no less? Really, ladies?
