Real World: Brooklyn: It's Scott's Party And He'll Never Shut Up About It If He Wants To
Two things happen during this episode.
1. Katelynn doesn't go to Scott's birthday party, and he spends approximately the entire episode being passive-aggressively resentful about it.
2. MTV uses SYNERGY and cross-platform marketing to turn an entire episode of The Real World: Brooklyn into an ad for Pedro: The Movie.
And that's it.
THAT'S IT.
Granted, both of these storylines are slightly more compelling than "the housemates have a tendency not to take their trash out." But seriously. I feel like this show used to be about young people figuring out who they were, and I had so much hope for this season since everyone is, NO OFFENSE, a short drink of water, but this is three weeks in a row that the show has literally been nothing but petulant cabin-feverish whining from ambition-less 20-somethings living in a waterfront prison designed by Guy Fieri.
Anyway, like I was saying, Katelynn doesn't go to Scott's birthday party.
Instead, she does go-go dancing at some night club in Times Square. Because she has money problems. What? How does someone on the Real World have money problems? Later, on the phone to her friend, she explains that she has to keep up with her car payments and also pay for her storage unit. Sure. I can only imagine how expensive storage units are in West Palm Beach. Did you know that most prostitutes get their start because they have to pay for their storage units in West Palm Beach while they're on a reality show and they don't know what else to do?
But Scott cannot believe that Katelynn did not come to his birthday party! She knew about his birthday party! He is so mad that she won't clean her playing cards off the coffee table but really what he's mad about is that she didn't come to his birthday party! Is Scott nine? If Scott is nine years old, then this makes total sense. If he is not nine years old, then he needs to grow the fuck up. Instead of growing the fuck up, however, he puts all of the chairs and sofas in Katelynn's room.
So Katelynn turns all the stools on their side.
So Scott locks all the dishes in a cupboard.
So Katelynn hides all the pool balls from the pool table in a beach bag on top of a shelf.
WILL THIS CYCLE OF RETALIATORY COMMUNAL-HOUSEWARES AGRESSION NEVER END!
Devyn makes an appearance.
That girl. Incredible. She has studied being THE ABSOLUTE WORST at the collegiate level. She's a fucking Tenured Professor in being AN IMPOSSIBLE NIGHTMARE OF PROUD STUPIDITY.
Now, I know you guys aren't going to believe this, but Katelynn's money trouble means that she might need to leave the house. (Please let it mean that.)There's no way she can even think about staying in the house without, like, $1,500. So, she's probably going home. Because who could possibly have that kind of money and be willing to lend it to her. Certainly not Scott, right? They have been fighting all episode. If anything, I bet Scott wants to see Katelynn go home.
Think if Pedro had left, you guys. Now imagine he was white.
I'm not going to dignify MTV's hour-long advertisement for what looks like the single worst made-for-TV movie of all time, even if it does appear to star Vanessa Diaz from Six Feet Under. The episode is actually called "Pole Dancing and Pedro," because of CHERISHED LEGACIEZ. But I will say that you don't need to use an entire episode to prove to me that you cannot rely on the Real World cast to organize a screening event with an actual audience. You could just say "We asked the Real World cast to organize a screening event," and I would be like, "Oh, I get it, no one showed up. Duh."
But there was one incredible thing about this part of the show, which was, OF COURSE, Chet.
He wants to get into "the hosting world"? What is the hosting world? And why does he keep comparing sex to putting your hand in a fire and smoking cigarettes? Putting your hand in an AIDS fire? Smoking cigarettes without a condom on your mouth? What an idiot. Seriously. It's not nice to make fun of people who are going through the customary confusion and self-doubt of post-adolescence, which is why I'm not making fun of him. He's an idiot. No joke. Hosting world. Shut it down.
Oh no, someone shot Earth with a space bullet! The world been had exploded!
Posted by Gabe at 12:30 PM in Reality TV
Tags: The Real World: Brooklyn
i really keep forgetting Scott exists. They mention 8 housemates and I count in my head and only reach 7.
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Really? I remember Scott he's the one who used to (still does but not filmed?) girls back to the house to look at his abs...in person, print and web.
What I keep forgetting is that one who wants to be a dancer. She pops up, and I'm always surprised by her and her teeth. Give up dancing, go into dentistry lady.
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maybe you're right...i think i kept combining him with Ryan in my head. To be honest most of my "watching" of this season is done through Gabe's posts, so maybe that is partly why.
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Yeah, Africa, that's what you get, you fucking assholes.
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i love these posts.
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Someone tell Chet that no one is allowed to wear a vest without anything underneath. No one.
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That "movie" looks terrible, Chet's voice gets on my nerves more and more each week, everyone is so boring, the drama from the previous week always magically disappears (Sarah's dad?).
BRING BACK GOSSIP GIRL.
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Get your status, know your status, and get testedAND EAT SUBWAY, WE HAVE A LOT OF IT.
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I'm trying to figure out Katelynn's financial situation. I even went online searching for storage quotes (about $150/month FYI). Maybe she took out a loan for her operation, and she's paying it back? This reminds me of that one dark-haired girl on some season I forget (she was afraid of the outdoors), and she called her mom complaining about having to pay for her apartment's rent while she was in the RR house, and her mom was like "Well honey, we pay for your rent and your car and your bills". I mean, it's probably not the same situation for K but still.
Okay, I'm done posting about this episode.
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computer: how do you pick a lock
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At some point they said there were only 2 episodes left in the season. Has this been the shortest season in RW history? I feel like there have only been about 6 so far. Or maybe MTV decided that it was just so incredibly boring that they had to take it out back and shoot it.
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I don't watch the show so I haven't built up the same hatred for chet as viewers have but he seems to be makiing a valid point. All the other castmates seem really self rightous and anoying, but chet seems all right.
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But won't Katelynn have to pay rent if she lives the RW house?
Why can't she get a real job?
Does Chet want to study hosting at the collegiate level?
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I think Chet is dying his own clothing. It's the only way I can figure out that he has a shirt and a scarf (and presumably many other items) that same weird pale lavender color. It's obviously the only explanation.
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Due to some clever editing it wasn't obvious but during that rant Devyn was in front of a mirror.
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