Reception
Criticisms have mostly been about the format of the show, as opposed to the directors themselves, who have received praise for skill, elegance, and laugh-out-loud humor. Initial criticism was that the show focused on director quarreling instead of broadcasting the directors' audition short films. In addition, the judges were faulted for not providing helpful criticism. The show host Adrianna Costa has been criticized for not being engaging enough. It seemed to critics she had trouble reading her cue cards.
Vote for the Worst was encouraging people to vote for Kenny Luby to become "The LotMaster".
Despite criticisms for the show's lack of organization, some critics responded favorably to the show. It has been said that the judge's panel adds color, prestige and drama. Others have said that Lot proves that "quality reality TV does exist."
Different formats, seasonal issues, and the contestants' reactions have made it clear that the three minute films featured in weeks two, three, and four were made before the Top 50 contestants were picked. They appear to be the three-minute films, made in a week, that originally got them cast in the Top 50. The reason behind this is unclear. According to an interview with Jason Epperson, the contestants already know who they are up against, and what week their film will be shown.
In July 2007, Jeff Lippencott and Mark T. Williams of Ah2 Music were nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards for episode 102A.
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“But in the reception of metaphysical formula, all depends, as regards their actual and ulterior result, on the pre-existent qualities of that soil of human nature into which they fall—the company they find already present there, on their admission into the house of thought.”
—Walter Pater (1839–1894)
“He’s leaving Germany by special request of the Nazi government. First he sends a dispatch about Danzig and how 10,000 German tourists are pouring into the city every day with butterfly nets in their hands and submachine guns in their knapsacks. They warn him right then. What does he do next? Goes to a reception at von Ribbentropf’s and keeps yelling for gefilte fish!”
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—Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)