
Fresh off his Project Runway win, Jay McCarroll struts onto fashion’s stage, designs an Emmy dress for Heidi Klum, battles ambition, and learns that talent alone won’t stop a spectacular stumble. Hilarious and Brutal. Edited by Rob Tate.



Project Jay gives us the human angle from the post-reality TV experience."

The pleasure of "Project Jay" is in Jay's caustic, self-savaging throwaway lines ... "Physically, I hate myself," he says ... He wonders how life would have been different if he had been handsome, and decides he would have been stupid and dead of AIDS."
~VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, NY Times
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Project Jay gives us the human angle from the post-reality TV experience."

The pleasure of "Project Jay" is in Jay's caustic, self-savaging throwaway lines ... "Physically, I hate myself," he says ... He wonders how life would have been different if he had been handsome, and decides he would have been stupid and dead of AIDS."
~VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, NY Times

While reviewing the raw footage, I caught Jay’s offhanded self-deprecation and pulled those moments into a bin labeled “I Hate Myself. “ A scene that never meant to be a part of the doc ended up quoted in nearly every review. — Rob Tate

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Who lives in a blobular vessel? I do! I do!"
- Jay Mccarroll
I Hate Myself
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Three raw scenes, same story—so you pick just one, right? Hell no. My favorite trick is breaking a linear beat into something unexpected. This one’s a damn good example. — Rob Tate

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I'm not worried. I want it to be obvious I'm wearing ... you."
-Heidi Klum
Designing the Emmy Dress
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Jay's a quilter.
So what's the editorial expression of quilting? ~ Rob Tate

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I need to be taken seriously. I'm tired of looking like a hippy clown."
- Jay McCarroll
To Each His Art
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I Hate Myself
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While reviewing the raw footage, I caught Jay’s offhanded self-deprecation and pulled those moments into a bin labeled “I Hate Myself. “ A scene that never meant to be a part of the doc ended up quoted in nearly every review. — Rob Tate

Designing the Emmy Dress
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Three raw scenes, same story—so you pick just one, right? Hell no. My favorite trick is breaking a linear beat into something unexpected. This one’s a damn good example. — Rob Tate

To Each His Art
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Jay's a quilter.
So what's the editorial expression of quilting? ~ Rob Tate