‘Osbournes’DVD wryly recalls
future classic’s first 10 episodes
A new DVD features the first
season of the nostalgia-to-be
that is The Osbournes’
DVD review
Ryan Bornheimer
Senior Pulse Reporter
. A hundred years from now, when
historians sift through the rubble
of reality television in hopes of un
derstanding turn of the century
pop culture, they’re likely to stum
ble upon the gem of MTV’s “The
Osbournes.”
Since the show’s 2002 premiere,
Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack have
become household names. The un
lucky viewers without cable, how
ever, may have felt out of the loop
at the water cooler during the
show’s first season run. For these
unfortunate souls, the newly re
leased DVD chronicling the entire
first season gives a crash course in
the antics of this endlessly enter
taining “all-American family.”
“The Osbournes” works on
countless levels. It’s simultaneously
outrageous and universal in its de
piction of the legendary Black Sab
bath front man and his brood. The
show gives us a family that’s both
brash and sweet. These people, like
any family, have the capacity to
bring out the worst or the best in
each other at any given moment —
screaming at one another one sec
ond and sharing genuine, enviable
affection the next. The Osbournes
are like nothing you have ever
seen, but at the same time are a re
flection of all families.
Above all, “The Osbournes”
blows the lid off our preconceptions
that successful entertainers exist in
some alternative universe, free of
the banality of everyday life: Wit
ness Ozzy picking up the shit left on
the floor by one of the numerous
family dogs. Witness Ozzy changing
trash bags in the kitchen.
The Osbournes may have a load
of cash, but the riches don’t define
who they are, and people might get
the sense that this group would be
have exactly the same if they lived
in a two bedroom townhouse in
Ohio. More to the point, though it
may be a natural inclination to
”play-up” for the cameras, pretens
es among the family members
seem to have been shed early on in
production. Though Jack and Kelly
sometimes show shades of spoiled
brattiness, they are ultimately
smart, charming teenagers.
However, Ozzy is the real star of
the show. While years of hard-living
have taken a physical toll on the
rocker, there is much behind those
Courtesy
ponderous eyes. And every word out
of his mouth — when you can un
derstand him — is classic.
' The DVD is a perfect format for
the show, presenting all 10 episodes
like chapters in a book. And once
you see the foursome moving into a
brand new Beverly Hills home, you
can’t turn away.
Among the not-so-special fea
tures, each episode has a “so-what”
commentary option featuring “un
censored” moments that seem to
have remained on the cutting-room
floor for a reason, and games that are
just, well, a waste of time.
It’s my prediction that “The Os
bournes” will age well. The show
belongs to a time and place in
American pop culture that already
feels nostalgic.
Contact the senior Pulse reporter
atryanbornheimer@dailyemerald.com.
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feel the pain.”
A 24-year-old High Priestess em
ployee known as Supa’ said he sus
pends in private for spiritual rea
sons, but “performing is a totally
different side of it.”
“I can do just about anything I
want with my body,” he said.
Supa’, who began experimenting
with modification seven years ago,
added that, like Orlaske, he doesn’t
notice any pain during suspensions.
“I look at it as just a nerve end
ing in your brain,” he said. “I turn
it off.”
NOVA body art studio manager
Rose Noreen said the celebration’s
importance extends beyond per
formance and shock value.
“Events like this, if people are in
terested, I think that it promotes re
sponsibility in the industry,” she
said. “It’s a good environment to ex
plore those sort of interests, an easy
way to be introduced.”
The “introduction” might have
been jarring for some; in addition
to the suspensions, people were
pierced on stage — one smiling,
unbleeding man was perforated
through his face, chest and ab
domen with metal rods. Piercers
jabbed hoops into a woman’s back,
criss-crossed a ribbon through the
metal and tied it corset-style. Oth
ers performed a pull, tied together
by ropes attached to piercings in
their upper backs, gyrating to
screeching music, blood smearing
and ropes straining as they moved.
However, the underlying theme of
the evening seemed more about
self-expression than gore.
“Your body is yours, and the only
way to be an individual is to try
things out yourself,” Supa’ said be
fore being suspended upside-down
from his knees. “Some take it to dif
ferent levels. No matter how you
look at it, there’s something beauti
ful in everything.”
Contact the Pulse editor
atjacquelynlewis@dailyemerald.com.
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