The most striking visual element of Pam: Girl on the Loose (E!, Sundays at 10 p.m. ET)—setting aside the pinup figure of Pamela Anderson, itself a major work of contemporary popular art—is the texture of the light. The creators of this eight-part "docu-series" made a decision to employ some particular film stock or trick of postproduction and relay Anderson's doings in shocking tones of pale. The images first grab the eye, then try to strain it. Though the look happens to be richly evocative—of Malibu glare, platinum-blond bling, stargazing gauziness, New Age celestial radiance, and flashbulb blaze—one suspects the real intent is to wash out whatever lines and blemishes exist on the face and frame of the star, who just turned 41. Or else it's a visual pun on the idea of overexposure. [ more ... ] ...
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