“This is why I don’t have a TV.”
—Oooh, neither do I, actually. I don’t REALLY watch “Real World;” I sit around with Gore Vidal and Camille Paglia, reading Schopenhauer in the original German and composing flute concertos.
Actually, Eve, I spend my time camping out in Central Park, waiting in line for tickets to The Seagull…
Not me. But in this same vein, my boss’ boss, a true feminist, in her fifties and without a particularly dirty sense of humor as far as I can tell, LOVES “The Man Show.” I almost fainted when she told me she can’t get enough of it.
I mean, there’s a lot of love about it–I relish how it flaunts everything. But I didn’t think she’d find it the least bit amusing, much less even know what the show WAS.
Yeah man, she kicked ass.
Yet another Real World watcher here. My S.O. got me into it - she is so to blame. Anyway it is certainly a guilty pleasure. Personally I believe firmly there is a great deal of creative editing going on, but what the hell - its still fun to watch. Coral and Nicole certainly seem to take the whole “black culture” thing a bit too far. They are self obsessed and judgemental, and lets face it . . . the annoying roomates. Every season has one or two. I really like Malik. Kevin seems pretty cool. Mike trys too hard. I think Rachel is very hot, but has a high bitchyness potential.
I am slightly ashamed to admit to all this.
BTW, have you seen Road Rules yet this season ? I think its even better than RW.
And while I am at it, I also watch WWF occasionally too.
There, I am laid bare for your hot poison-oiled knives of judgement . . . or like, something.
- NM
Well, at least I don’t watch WWF or RR, so I can feel comfortably superior while glomming onto RW!
They seem to have doubled-up this season, casting two heinous bitches (Nicole and Coral) and two wide-eyed hicks (Mike and Blondie, whatever her name is). They usually have one urbane gay person and one substance abuser, both of whom seem to be missing this year . . . However, they do have Sweet Puppy-Eyed Guy (Malik), Whiney Needy Girl (Rachel, is it?) and Snarky Flirty Guy (Kevin).
Hmmm . . . Maybe Blondie will discover she’s gay, and Nicole will start shooting up? I don’t see any hooking-up possibilities, unless Coral and Mike pull an Astaire/Rogers and decide they are simpky denying their great love for each other.
Or maybe the whole house will just collapse on the lot of 'em.
You know, Rachel seemed cute and a very likable person at first but the more i see the “sex is icky… guys are icky… kissing is icky…” routine, it just irritates me.
I mean fine, so you don’t want to have sex until you’re married… that’s your choice but to make your roomies leave a club and freak out for hours because some guy hits on you and makes a vulgar remark… i mean that’s just so junior-high childish… reminds me of one of my inlaws (she’s 24) and it just irritates me to no end.
I’m confused . . . Is Rachel the dark-haired needy girl who spent a week humping Kevin’s leg, or is she the bleach-blonde virgin who runs screaming whenever a guy winks at her?
This is so me. But you know, it’s moderately enjoyable reading about this waste in a discussion thread. I can see the merits of hooting at people you dispise. I’ll keep it third-hand, though. Mere audio of that program causes to me run screaming, hands over ears. I might have been able to take “Survivor” if the Real World’s self-absorbed idiots hadn’t permanently ruined reality TV for me years ago. Shudder.
The Real World casting formula:
Need at least one naive whitebread girl, 18ish, who has not experienced many things (on rare occasion, this role can be filled by a male, as with Jon in the second season)
Need at least one muscular black male, try to find someone who is a “player” to fill this role
Need at least one surfer/skater dude white male, or at least someone who looks the part, with short blond hair coiffed into tiny spikes
Need at least one very opinionated non-Caucasian female
Need at least one cast member with a serious substance abuse problem
At least one member of the cast must come from a very conservative religious background, and preferably this will be the youngest cast member.
And of course, there always must be the “gay one”.
Well, it WAS nice to see those two bitches get their come-uppance last night . . .
Like they learned anything! They insist it was injustice. Didn’t you love the way they projected their actions onto everyone else?
“If you hadn’t sent that page, we’d have come to work!”
I was just so smug that their bosses didn’t break down and give them tickets, despite Nicole’s attempts to guilt them into it.
Tuesday night drama trash. I loooove it.
Toooo much Tuesday trash! First I tune in to Big Brother to see if they really DID shave a bullseye onto Bunky—then on to Real World! I actually DREAMED about those damn shows last night . . . Let’s have a cry-off and see who sheds the most tears per episode: BB’s Bunky or RW’s blondie virgin girl.
Notice how Nicole’s eye makeup gets increasingly drag-queeny each week? She’s going to look like Divine in “Pink Flamingos” by the end of the series . . .