Making Menudo: JG Makes Us LOL! Through Our Tears

Last Thursday was the premiere of “Making Menudo” and we missed it because, frankly, there’s only so much barely pubescent boy love we can take in one evening. But we’ve since checked it out and have a few thoughts to share with all of you. First of all: Fedoras. No one looks good in them. Second: Manager Johnny Wright is a tool. Third: Discussions of Monti’s tightness makes us a little uncomfortable… ly hot.

The real star of this episode, though, was JG. Although he thought his group had an “amazing” performance, it wasn’t so fantastic that it warranted JG sticking around for another round of fedora-and-vest-adorned madness. Sad! His tear-choked realization that he “just isn’t good enough, I guess” made us want to hug him, and then slap him and then give him another hug.

Johnny might want his boy banders in training to take the “me” out of Menudo but, for the love of all that is holy and choreographed, put the JG back in! He may not have the talent or the “smoothness,” but he’s got the hat and the vest, and he didn’t push his fellow group members like that tight but pitchy Monti.