Why does he say "I Love You" with his whole tongue?

So I understand this review a little better now. Only because Laguna Beach totally did a number on me too. I think I watched the entire episode with my mouth hanging open. You can take it one of two ways: scripted television dramas set in California and/ or about very rich, good-looking teenagers are incredibly accurate, or very rich, good looking kids now model their lives on such television shows so successfully that the two have become indistinguishable. Like, Stephen works in a surf shop. A surf shop people. The only 18 year old in The O.C. with a day job has made it on TV to justify all of Brandon Walsh's hard labor at the Peach Pit.
Except for the sound quality, it might as well be a scripted television show. I guess I'm not that surprised you can edit a show down into a straightforward narrative with punch lines, it's obviously been done before. I’m just not sure it’s been done in this way: the intent here isn't to make an addictive "reality show" it's to make an addictive soap opera that, incidentally, is culled from "reality."
Some of the ways Laguna Beach is like a regular TV show, as opposed to RTV show:
Lauren's voice over at the beginning, makes the whole season a flashback. This is totally different than the usual "What unpredictable thing will happen next?" tack most RTV takes.
There’s a storyline, and it’s going to last longer than an episode.
RTV is marketed as being watchable for a unique reason: watch this because you've never seen 20 people on a desert island, because you've never seen girls try to be models, because you've never seen an aging, addled rock star interact with his family. But we're supposed to watch Laguna Beach for no good reason except that it’s about young, rich, seniors in high school. Or for the same reason you watch regular TV shows.
That’s not a bad thing really, or a good thing either. It’s just a thing. All it means is there’s even less of a distinction between RTV and scripted shows than there was before.
In closing, what's your name? Lauren or "LC"? How come the second name is in quotes? Are you not, like, the real "LC"? Whatever, I already hope Kristen wins.