interestingly, I live about 3 hours from Denver and some real estate dude bought the RW house and is turning it into a resturant

I avoid other reality TV like the plague and I've never once seen American Idol, but I still tune into this crap for some reason. I guess I use it as my barometer for what yungings are like in this day and age. It scares the shit out of me. Some people watch horror movies for that effect. I watch the Real World.

The really need to work on the casting a bit more. The casts are getting too volatile to enjoy. I thought they would have learned from their mistake when they cast that schizo girl in the Seattle one. They claimed she had lymes disease, but I was certain they just fucked up and were now exploiting the mental ill. But in the season's since, it doesn't seem like a fuck up anymore. They really are exploiting the mentally ill. And I don't mean "prozac" mentally ill, I mean "needs to be institutionalized" mentally ill. It's hard to laugh at sick people. The crazy one from Denver might just be the worst yet. Can you imagine how worthless she'll be once she loses her looks? That is literally all she has. It's sad but I'm suppose to be hating her.

I'd like to see more characters like that one from Boston who was like, fuck it, this is a TV show. I don't have to prove my love to my house mates, they're idiots. No fuckin' kum-bay-yah for me. I hate how they always make a big deal over reconciling every fight so they can become "stronger" for it. Get some people who don't give a fuck what anyone else thinks and they'll have a good show again. Brutal honesty is far more entertaining than hypocrisy. Get some women who are sexy, rather than raunchy, and some dudes who don't all act like a bunch of crying pussies. I also kind of like the Florida one cause it had at least one or two responsible people on it. The type who's typically cast wouldn't have much luck holding down a job at a McDonalds in the "real world." In fact, it might be interesting to do a season that's randomly cast with real people.

LA was done right after the OJ trial, and centered alot around race relations (along with the other stories). Oh, btw, the first lesbian (Beth A) was in season 2. SF, IMO, was the apex. It made a huge difference in people's perception of people with AIDS. It was so big when Pedro died (right around the finale) it made all the papers, and even the president commented on it. I think Irene from Seattle (aka the slap-ee) was the first to note how the show had changed from it's original state. After that Hawaii started out with nude jump in the pool. That was the beginning of the end. They tried to make an issue out of Ruthie's alcoholism, but it was glossed over.

So believe me when I say I WAS a fan of the Real World. I bailed during the NO season. It's intent was make people talk about real issues. Now all it's all about exploitation. For shame MTV. SHAME!!!