Watched the RW Paris last night. here is my take on the new cast members: Mallory-- hottie soccer player from Iowa St, seems cool although kinda weird that she proclaims she is a drinking/partying type that loves to make out but she is a virgin Adam: major bipolar, annoying, rude, no idea of how to deal with women, cheesy,etc Chris: Boston accent is annoying but seems ok Simon: gay Irishman; seems cool Leah: pretty good looking, seems nice enough Ace: Southern frat type guy, probably wouldn't be friends with him if I knew him but is funny and everybody seems to like him. Christina: major skank potential, nice chest even though they are fake
In other words, it's basically the same dolts they always have except that, from your description, they seem to have forgotten to include the token Angry Black Guy. Can we consider foisting these undoubtedly vapid morons on the French for a few months as our official revenge for their voicing objections to our recent oil war?
Ah. I knew they couldn't forget the Angry Black Guy or the Gay Guy or the Party Chick Who Likes To Get Naked. They've always had at least one of each of those at least when I still bothered to check into the show every now and then to see if it was basically the same people every time.
He's more like the Poetic Angry Black Guy. I left to go bowling right as he was arguing with that cutie with the Family Ties name.
The Real World has only had "the angry black guy" two of the last four seasons. In the back to New York season, there was no angry black guy, and the same goes for Las Vegas. On Las Vegas, they had a playa who was black, but he was usually a pretty nice guy. I don't know if Adam is really "the angry black guy." He has a temper problem, but at other times he is chill and normal. I think he just got angry because of the whole Mallory situation. And by the way, it is about time we had a guy like Ace. I can already tell that he is going to be by far the coolest guy on the show. He seems to be a really nice guy who just wants to have fun.
OK, sometimes they've switched to the Angry Black Chick. Actually, the early Real Worlds usually had an Angry Black Person (the Seattle ABP almost got tossed from the show for hitting one of the other nitwits) but still, the point is that Real World has a stable of about seven, maybe eight stock characters they look for when casting and you can almost always tell which newbie is which stock character halfway through the first show.
You're also forgetting the innocent person who knows nothing about nothing and is "saving" him/herself for the right preson.
I didn't list ALL the stock types in my original post. Anyway, I think Mallory is the variant on the "virgin/prude" for this show: "Mallory-- hottie soccer player from Iowa St, seems cool although kinda weird that she proclaims she is a drinking/partying type that loves to make out but she is a virgin"
Oops guess you had that covered. What season do you guys think RW "Jumped the Shark"? For me it was Miami.
ive never understood the appeal of this sort of tv show. i stopped watching this back when i was in 7th grade or so. why watch other people living life and go live yours? although this one might be fun cause everyone in paris will HATE them (although i doubt the cameras will show that...theyll try to portray the opposite, im sure)
ahh, the typical "everyone in paris hates americans" line...i was wondering how many posts it would take to bring this out after i saw the thread started. the funny thing is, if you have been you would know that the complete opposite is true... maybe someday you'll get a hero's welcome down the champs elysees OGHT honestly out of all the shows these kids have the dream location and job. they are living in a rediculous house in the outskirts of paris, they are there for 5 months and their job, to write a european travel guide...which means they are going to be taking a long, trip across europe here at some point in the season. must be rough, by far the greatest gig for any real world cast.
Dude, forget Paris, that's what happened in Chicago! Anyway, the only two shows I watched at all closely were the first three seasons and I just wanted to see if these people were really as dopey as they seemed and get a sense of what stereotypes and behavior patterns MTV was trying sell to impressionable high schoolers. After I satisfied myself on those grounds I just checked in to the first show of each new town to see if they were using the same stock characters. It looks like they are.
I am always a fan of the cast doing something incredibly stupid...not realizing that MTV will replay said stupidity until they are well into their 40's and then try and blame it on 'editing'.....I mean they have been doing this show for over 10 years...you would think these kids would know better by now. 'No I wasn't blowing a stranger in a closet....that cameras just made it look that way' The girl from Chicago actually blamed editing on making her look slutty......I don't see how the camera man catching her getting railed by multiple people she had just met fell into the world of 'tv magic'... Anyway, I watched the show up until Vegas.....that was LONG and BORING....I don't think I made it past the 3rd or 4th episode.
the best thing about real world are the stereotypes. nyc angry black writer, gay artist, black wrapper LA southern cowboy, californian surfer, drunk irishmen, black singer san fran over-achieving asian med student, annoying liberal who never gets laid, black rapper/singer miami pushy russian, gay model, hot-headed cuban i know i left out a bunch, i hope the next cast is -mexican who sits against the wall all day with his sombrero pulled over his eyes -angry lesbian -an actual leprechaun, whose also a drunk -a greek guy who owns a pizza shop -indian convenience store clerk -central american lawnscaper -italian who repeatedly says phrases like "mama mia" and "that's a spicy meatball" -alternate spot for asian laundromat owner/nail technician or colombian cocaine dealer
Ace in last week's episode almost started to become the Ugly American. Then he reverted back to "I'll do my best to like this country and it's people" attitude. As a fellow Southerner, I'm glad he was open minded.
I'm glad I'm not the only person who can't stop watching this show, even though I hate it. It's the train wreck theory. It's so damn funny the stuff they do, and I wonder if anyone takes the show seriously. Do people actually get surprised when they stick 7 attractive (well, most of them) young people in a house together and they end up in big love triangles? Or when they get into fights because they always pick at LEAST one ********************* to start them?
To me, Real World is the only TV show that I watch with frequency. We all have our guilty pleasures. This is definitely mine. I can't help it. Any other reality show can suck my cock. You know they put the ultra-Southern, flag-wavin, good ole boy in the middle of France on purpose. That Adam dude needs to chill out. Just cuz your game can't get Mallory doesn't mean you gotta go off on your other roommates. What was that "iceberg's chance in hell" rant about anyway? I'm sounding like a 14-year old now...i'll stop.
this was the best line in years on Real World...... best song on Real World - come on be my baby tonight by David in N.O I think an entire thread should be devoted to the 'best ofs' on real world....
That was one of the saddest/funniest things ever on that show. He was so serious too as he was singing it. I remember him singing the national anthem at some sporting event which IIRC went off much better.