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You could tell that the piece this week in The New York Times about Logo’s The A-Listwas not going to be kind from the headline alone: The A List? They Must Be Grading on a Curve.Ouch!
The show, which just had its second season premiere, and its cast clearly do not impress writerJeremy M. Peters who he described as “drinking, fighting and swanning around New York.”
He also writes: These people make the Real Housewives, an acknowledged inspiration for the Logo show, look like the graduating class of a fine Swiss finishing school.
Reichen Lehmkuhl doesn’t come off well at the end of the piece:
Mr. Lehmkuhl said he took A-list to mean accomplishment. And in his case, the accomplishment is a new profession, which he described as “promoting my brand called Reichen.”
True to the reality-star entrepreneurial spirit, first on display when he and his then-partner won the fourth season of “The Amazing Race,” that brand now encompasses a book, a jewelry line and a new fragrance. (His acting career seems to have stalled since his tearful, abrupt departure from the Off Broadway play “My Big Gay Italian Wedding,” one of the plot points in the show’s first season.)
He acknowledged that some people scoff at the idea that he considers himself A-list material. But he seems determined to act the part anyway. As he was talking, a young admirer approached him. “I’m sorry, no,” Mr. Lehmkuhl said, cutting him off. “I’m having an interview with The New York Times. Can you just leave me alone?”
