It’s unreal how lucky the Real World gets with character selection. This season of the Real World takes place in Cancun, pre-marital sex capital of the world. So going in my hopes were extremely high, but this season far surpassed my expectations thus far. It was to be expected that there would be sex, an abundance of alcohol, and enough fighting and drama to keep my eyes wide and my mouth salivating for more. The season includes your token homosexual, your heart throb dream guy, the cliché asshole, and a guy you can’t really explain. As for the ladies…a majority of them have been employed at Hooters. Enough said. Right from the jump I’m excited about a few of the characters and can’t wait for them to terrorize the house. I can’t lie, the cliché asshole Joey, has immediately grown on me and I don’t know why. He’s a punk rocker with bad tattoos and an arrogant attitude. Oh wait now I remember, he states in the first episode that his main objective is to up his stats in the ass getting category. You have to respect a guy that is so blatantly honest.
As the season progresses the house gets divided as always. Most of the room mates gang up on Ayiiia, who basically asks for it with everything she does. The only thing this girl has going for her is the most unique name on the show. But this is where the lovely drama jumps off the diving board and takes a dip into reality. It’s soon discovered that Ayiiia is a “cutter“. After a lengthy battle with various people in the house, she escapes the view of the cameras and proceeds to cut herself with a sharp object. Now I doubt that this casting move was planned by MTV, but how lucky can they get. Who in America sees a girl on a reality show cut herself, and doesn’t tune in at least once more to see how it ends. Just when you thought MTV couldn’t have gotten any luckier, two of the room mates Joey and CJ decide that they don’t buy into the cutting issue. They think all signs point to her wanting to be the center of attention. They then decide they are going to make her life a living hell in hopes to send her home. Joey literally goes up to her and asks if he can borrow a knife…now even all you people who are infuriated with Joey are going to continue to watch because you want to see what this guy is going to do next.
Now if your sick like me, you may be thinking what might Joey get Ayiiia for Christmas if the situation presented itself. The only thing I could come up with is every boys childhood dream. What?? Did I cross the line with that one…I’m certainly not saying that “cutting” is a joke because it certainly isn’t, but it seems all to convenient for this to happen to the bitchy girl on Real World that everyone loves to hate. She didn’t pick up my sympathy card and for some reason I smile when the evil in Joey comes out. It makes for great TV….so guess what Joey you’re the first to get RECYCLED on White’s Trash.
I’m not sure what’s left for the Real World. Every year seems to have a theme or a given problem or situation that summarizes what you remember about the season. You’ve had drug problems, severe drinking problems, self mutilation, eating disorders, drunk driving, public assault on the cast, racism, and even a character getting called to go back to Iraq. What is left for them to do? Swine Flu runs through the house or will we have our first Real World death in seasons to come? Call me a reality junkie or a product of my environment….but I can’t wait to see how much the envelope gets pushed. You don’t have to play music MTV I’ll do it for you. Just keep it REAL (world) that is.
