What a incredible journey bunch of self-discovery dirty dishes this has been. What started as one of the most promising (read: ugliest) casts in the show's recent history took only a few weeks to burn through everything that was superficially... CONTINUE READING REAL WORLD: BROOKLYN: SEASON FINALE»
Posted on April 2, 2009 in Reality TV
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Tags: LeAnn Rimes | The Real World: Brooklyn
Due to some technical difficulties with the Lawnmower Man today, there will be no Real World recap. Oh boo hoo, everyone is so sad I'm sure. "Now who will make lazy jokes about Chet's homemade purple man-capris?" But I know... CONTINUE READING REAL WORLD: BROOKLYN: OPEN THREAD»
Posted on March 26, 2009 in Reality TV
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Tags: The Real World: Brooklyn
This week's episode revolves around the 2008 election of Barack Obama as President of the United States, which is good. They needed to take the narrative control out of the hands of the castmates or else it would be another... CONTINUE READING REAL WORLD: BROOKLYN: THERE IS A WAR IN IRAQ»
Posted on March 19, 2009 in Reality TV
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Tags: The Real World: Brooklyn
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... CONTINUE READING REAL WORLD: BROOKLYN: IT'S SCOTT'S PARTY AND HE'LL NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT IT IF HE WANTS TO»
Posted on March 12, 2009 in Reality TV
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Tags: The Real World: Brooklyn
This week's episode is all about the housemates following their dreams, which is fine, except that they all have bad dreams. Someone needs to take them to Dream School and show them how it's done. Granted, it's still better than... CONTINUE READING REAL WORLD: BROOKLYN: WHAT MAKES CHETTY RUN?»
Posted on March 5, 2009 in Reality TV
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Tags: The Real World: Brooklyn
Last week, the episode opened with the cast complaining about mice in the loft, and this week it opens with the cast complaining about trash and dirty dishes in the loft. Really? Is this what America needs to open... CONTINUE READING REAL WORLD BROOKLYN: CHORES WILL BE CHORES»
Posted on February 26, 2009 in Reality TV
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Tags: The Real World: Brooklyn
Woof. This show. It just goes to show you, a season of a show can start off really strong, dealing with gender issues and the war in Iraq, but if it's on MTV then within a few weeks a painful... CONTINUE READING REAL WORLD: BROOKLYN: PUNKS'D»
Posted on February 19, 2009 in Reality TV
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Tags: Arctic Monkeys | The Real World: Brooklyn
This week's episode is a BATTLE OF THE SEXES. The boys and girls come head to head in HEATED CLASHES. Because of how they are from MARS and VENUS. At first this seemed like one of the worst episodes so... CONTINUE READING REAL WORLD: BROOKLYN: GIRLS WHO ARE BOYS WHO FIGHT BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS»
Posted on February 12, 2009 in Reality TV
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Tags: The Real World: Brooklyn
As you may know, Ryan served in Iraq. He spent the first few episodes trying to "hide" this fact so that people wouldn't think of him as just another army guy. It was an almost perfect plan. The only mistake... CONTINUE READING REAL WORLD: BROOKLYN: PRANK TRAUMATIC CHET DISORDER»
Posted on February 5, 2009 in Reality TV
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Tags: Jay-Z | Paul McCartney | The Real World: Brooklyn
This week centers largely around Devyn's "career." She wants to be an actress. It doesn't seem to matter what kind of actress, either. She tells JD that she plans on moving to LA because she wants to be in movies... CONTINUE READING REAL WORLD: BROOKLYN: A COUPLE OF JOHNNYS DRAMA»
Posted on January 29, 2009 in Reality TV
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Tags: The Real World: Brooklyn
Did you also find last night's episode of Real World: Brooklyn boring? After two weeks of fascinating and complicated character portraits, this week's episode seemed painfully thin. There were four main storylines: Baya and Ryan are flirting Devyn and Scott... CONTINUE READING REAL WORLD: BROOKLYN: SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE»
Posted on January 22, 2009 in Reality TV
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Tags: Ted Leo | The Real World: Brooklyn
Chet! Oh man! As someone who is well aware of the manipulative ways in which reality TV producers will force their cast into pre-fab characters to create dramatic storylines, I also feel like there are only so many amazing things... CONTINUE READING REAL WORLD: BROOKLYN: CHET'S BODIES CHET'S SELVES»
Posted on January 15, 2009 in Reality TV
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Tags: The Real World: Brooklyn
The new season of the Real World premiered last night (Brooklyn we go hard), giving us our first look at the castmates and the house and, of course, Katelynn, the first transgender Real World roommate. On the one hand, the... CONTINUE READING REAL WORLD: BROOKLYN: YES, A TRANSGENDERED HOUSEMATE, WE KNOW»
Posted on January 8, 2009 in Reality TV
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Tags: Radiohead | The Real World: Brooklyn
Gawker seems to think that after 20 seasons of the Real World, the casting and story structure of the show has become so predictable that it's now possible to take one look at a candid behind-the-scenes shot of the new... CONTINUE READING THERE ARE NO SURPRISES UNDER THE REALITY SUN»
Posted on August 15, 2008 in Reality TV
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Tags: Coachella | The Real World: Brooklyn
Carrie Prejean turned the video camera off, put on some clothes, and stepped out of her house. It was a beautiful day outside. The air smelled like apples, and the late morning light hit the world in just such a...
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If you are a sassy and sarcastic young man in an American sitcom who represents the sitcom writer's desire that a nerdy Jewish teenager can somehow be the desirable romantic hero in this world, then eventually you will get a...
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I shouldn't even be here right now. I SHOULD BE GETTING INTO MY COSTUME! If I don't hurry, my facepaint won't be dry before I get to the MOONVIE theater, and everyone will be like "hahah, you look like you're...
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The Challenge: I had to go on a 3.5 hour bus tour of totally random TV and film locations in New York City. Alone, and wearing a specific ridiculous tshirt. And I had to find someone to take my picture...
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Uh. OK. Well, first let's address what this movie did well, like the disappointed parents we are (or at least that I am), recognizing that the negative feedback won't be useful or constructive if it isn't preceded by something positive....
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