the Awesome Highlighter

Instead of doing blow-by-blow recaps, which will be done extremely well at Television Without Pity and (I think) TVgasm   remove

I've devised another way to cover the show: the America's Next Top Model Rolling Crying Count.   remove

Since Tyra's (fierce!) emotional manipulation and editing suggests that a model must be ready to blubber at a moment's notice, I'll be documenting the tear-shed every step of the way.   remove

Beyond the considerable mock factor, I'm legitimately interested in how many instances of crying bitches we can rack up by the cycle's end. And since ANTM is camp-drama in a modeling competition's designer-impostor garb, it seems only appropriate to focus our gaze on emotional outpouring.   remove