This is the true story of seven self-centered exhibitionists, picked to pose around in a house, sleep together and have their puerile attention-starved lives taped... So find out what happens when seven politically correct egotists stop being even half-way likable.. and start embarrassing the hell out of their parents and friends... The Real World.
The 18th season is one of the best. Fortunately, this time around there was no blatant left-wing agenda, no over-moralizing (though plenty of self-righteous fortune-cookie wisdom-spouting), and no homely girls – which always helps. They might as well have picked 7 porn actors, because everyone except Brooke ended up having sex in front of the cameras. (I won't insult porno actors: at least they get paid for it...) Obviously, there isn't one intelligent person in the house (surprise), but one can differentiate between the various levels of stupidity. So here's the seven clowns, listed from the least to most dim...
Alex. A likable, fairly unpretentious ex-swimmer who truly doesn't pick whose mouth he sticks his tongue into. Even being cop-a-felt by Davis didn't seem to bother him much. As long as he gets the attention he craves, he's happy So what else is new when it comes to TRW cast members? Attention fl**zies, the lot of them. Poor, clueless saps
Stephen, "the acceptable Negro", as Tyrie disdainfully calls him. I guess in today's American black culture saying "doesn't" instead of "don't" in the 3rd person singular, and getting along with Caucasians, gets construed as "selling out (to the White Man's culture)": a ridiculous and blatantly racist stance backed all the way by pseudo-intellectual post-Panther icons such as Spike Lee. Stephen is well-educated, fairly articulate (for an MTV show guinea-pig) – hence he becomes an "unacceptable Negro" to his "ghetto homiez". Rather sad, this line of thinking. Character-wise, Stephen is a major hypocrite concerning most things – but then what can one expect from a self-professed "deeply religious" bundle of self-righteousness.
Davis. The bisexual "gay" guy. A sleazy and deceptive character that enjoys every second of stirring up trouble. But when one takes into consideration his intolerant, narrow-minded, mean-spirited parents, one almost feels as if he had turned out great. Along with Brooke, Davis is the most blatantly camera-happy cast member - something the two of them confirm with honors during the highly entertaining reunion show. If he hadn't been accepted for Denver, he probably would have gone straight to making blue movies. Ditto Jennifer and Nicole. Shame levels? Zero comma zip.
Slightly dumber than snickering Davis is Tyrie. Charismatic, but far more of a walking cliché than he could ever realize. Says he had tried hard to stay away from the "angry black man stereotype", but those hopes/plans were swiftly squashed after he nearly assaulted Davis (for once Davis was blameless, ironically), shoved his girlfriend, and then urinated in front of the house. Yet, considering his unavoidable "ghetto pimp hip-hop yo bro whassup" upbringing (courtesy of MTV's worldwide brainwashing campaign), he's actually a surprisingly positive character, overall.
Jen: a career cheerleader who screams "rock star" every 5 seconds, gets wasted quicker than she takes her bra off, and sleeps with half of Denver – then gets angry at her goofy, tattooed boyfriend for kissing other girls. Despite her laughably over-the-top decadent nature and such obvious hypocrisy, you can't help but like her. She's quite cute (Davis the gay guy thought she was "fat"), but she loses beauty points for having silicone implants.
Even dimmer, and even more sexually free-spirited (a nice way of putting it) than Jen is a sorority bird-brain called Nicole. The right half of her mouth often twists into a semi-evil grin, revealing her true nature on dozens of occasions. She may just be THE floozy of TRW's entire history. The most annoying person in the house, hands down. Gee, I wonder how she got her mono?... Hm. That disease really ought to be renamed from "mono" to "multi"; you don't exactly get it by being faithful, careful or intelligent.
And yet the dumbest – and easily nuttiest – individual is aspiring actress Brooke. It is never easy to know where the lunacy ends and imbecility begins when it comes to certain cooks, but I've got my money on Brooke's idiocy winning against Brooke's lunacy in a one-on-one contest, in a best-of-five. Even Nicole felt superior to her, calling her "idiotic". Needless to say, Brooke is a great asset to the show. She is a ticking time-bomb tied to a train-wreck; she's never dull, plus quite cute, the best-looking woman in the house. The insecurity this well-manicured bowling-hating woman carries on her back is unenviable. Davis, in one of his many moments of drama-queenish provocation, tells her she has a double-chin, and Brooke nearly gets a simultaneous heart attack and major nervous breakdown – which includes screaming at the furniture, later expressing to Nicole a powerful desire to strangle Davis (in a hilarious whisper-weeping low-bass hiss: animated to a fault). The poor thing must be blind as well as mad; she barely has one chin, let alone two I guess if someone told her she had a huge crooked nose – on the back of her head – she'd believe it too.
Suffice it to say that all seven cast members have great potential for becoming incurable alcoholics; a recipe for hilarity, disaster, and full-blown war i.e. a guarantee for giving the viewers the entertainment they expect. Watching season 18 was not unlike observing a bunch of colobus monkeys screw around in a zoo.
TRW Denver turned out to be almost as good as the best seasons, which are Paris, San Diego and the unforgettable Miami bunch. If you have never seen any of the TRW seasons, start with these (if you can find them: good luck), but avoid the San Francisco and Hawaii seasons at all cost.
For my detailed list of all TRW women: http://rapidshare.com/files/438088396/RW_Women.rar
The 18th season is one of the best. Fortunately, this time around there was no blatant left-wing agenda, no over-moralizing (though plenty of self-righteous fortune-cookie wisdom-spouting), and no homely girls – which always helps. They might as well have picked 7 porn actors, because everyone except Brooke ended up having sex in front of the cameras. (I won't insult porno actors: at least they get paid for it...) Obviously, there isn't one intelligent person in the house (surprise), but one can differentiate between the various levels of stupidity. So here's the seven clowns, listed from the least to most dim...
Alex. A likable, fairly unpretentious ex-swimmer who truly doesn't pick whose mouth he sticks his tongue into. Even being cop-a-felt by Davis didn't seem to bother him much. As long as he gets the attention he craves, he's happy So what else is new when it comes to TRW cast members? Attention fl**zies, the lot of them. Poor, clueless saps
Stephen, "the acceptable Negro", as Tyrie disdainfully calls him. I guess in today's American black culture saying "doesn't" instead of "don't" in the 3rd person singular, and getting along with Caucasians, gets construed as "selling out (to the White Man's culture)": a ridiculous and blatantly racist stance backed all the way by pseudo-intellectual post-Panther icons such as Spike Lee. Stephen is well-educated, fairly articulate (for an MTV show guinea-pig) – hence he becomes an "unacceptable Negro" to his "ghetto homiez". Rather sad, this line of thinking. Character-wise, Stephen is a major hypocrite concerning most things – but then what can one expect from a self-professed "deeply religious" bundle of self-righteousness.
Davis. The bisexual "gay" guy. A sleazy and deceptive character that enjoys every second of stirring up trouble. But when one takes into consideration his intolerant, narrow-minded, mean-spirited parents, one almost feels as if he had turned out great. Along with Brooke, Davis is the most blatantly camera-happy cast member - something the two of them confirm with honors during the highly entertaining reunion show. If he hadn't been accepted for Denver, he probably would have gone straight to making blue movies. Ditto Jennifer and Nicole. Shame levels? Zero comma zip.
Slightly dumber than snickering Davis is Tyrie. Charismatic, but far more of a walking cliché than he could ever realize. Says he had tried hard to stay away from the "angry black man stereotype", but those hopes/plans were swiftly squashed after he nearly assaulted Davis (for once Davis was blameless, ironically), shoved his girlfriend, and then urinated in front of the house. Yet, considering his unavoidable "ghetto pimp hip-hop yo bro whassup" upbringing (courtesy of MTV's worldwide brainwashing campaign), he's actually a surprisingly positive character, overall.
Jen: a career cheerleader who screams "rock star" every 5 seconds, gets wasted quicker than she takes her bra off, and sleeps with half of Denver – then gets angry at her goofy, tattooed boyfriend for kissing other girls. Despite her laughably over-the-top decadent nature and such obvious hypocrisy, you can't help but like her. She's quite cute (Davis the gay guy thought she was "fat"), but she loses beauty points for having silicone implants.
Even dimmer, and even more sexually free-spirited (a nice way of putting it) than Jen is a sorority bird-brain called Nicole. The right half of her mouth often twists into a semi-evil grin, revealing her true nature on dozens of occasions. She may just be THE floozy of TRW's entire history. The most annoying person in the house, hands down. Gee, I wonder how she got her mono?... Hm. That disease really ought to be renamed from "mono" to "multi"; you don't exactly get it by being faithful, careful or intelligent.
And yet the dumbest – and easily nuttiest – individual is aspiring actress Brooke. It is never easy to know where the lunacy ends and imbecility begins when it comes to certain cooks, but I've got my money on Brooke's idiocy winning against Brooke's lunacy in a one-on-one contest, in a best-of-five. Even Nicole felt superior to her, calling her "idiotic". Needless to say, Brooke is a great asset to the show. She is a ticking time-bomb tied to a train-wreck; she's never dull, plus quite cute, the best-looking woman in the house. The insecurity this well-manicured bowling-hating woman carries on her back is unenviable. Davis, in one of his many moments of drama-queenish provocation, tells her she has a double-chin, and Brooke nearly gets a simultaneous heart attack and major nervous breakdown – which includes screaming at the furniture, later expressing to Nicole a powerful desire to strangle Davis (in a hilarious whisper-weeping low-bass hiss: animated to a fault). The poor thing must be blind as well as mad; she barely has one chin, let alone two I guess if someone told her she had a huge crooked nose – on the back of her head – she'd believe it too.
Suffice it to say that all seven cast members have great potential for becoming incurable alcoholics; a recipe for hilarity, disaster, and full-blown war i.e. a guarantee for giving the viewers the entertainment they expect. Watching season 18 was not unlike observing a bunch of colobus monkeys screw around in a zoo.
TRW Denver turned out to be almost as good as the best seasons, which are Paris, San Diego and the unforgettable Miami bunch. If you have never seen any of the TRW seasons, start with these (if you can find them: good luck), but avoid the San Francisco and Hawaii seasons at all cost.
For my detailed list of all TRW women: http://rapidshare.com/files/438088396/RW_Women.rar