CLASSIC TV: Did anyone know that MTV was going to be re-airing the entire Real World: Hawaii season last night from 9pm-7:30am?
Wow. What great television. The Hawaii season is neck-and-neck with San Francisco as being Real World's best, and if your preferred tragic figure is Ruthie over Pedro, and preferred shit-disturber is Teck over Puck, then Hawaii clearly wins.
Between Ruthie's alcoholism, Matt's twistedness (I want Ruthie! No, wait, her sister! No, wait, Kaia!), Amaya's neediness and Teck's construction of the Chris Tucker archetype, it's a hell of a season. Then add in Local Motion's Calvin -- Gratist Boss Evir, Justin's manipulations, all the gratuitous nudity and Teck/Ruthie's girlfriend Malo, who, as Colin reminds us, "Malo means 'bad' in Spanish. I don't mean she's a bad person, I just mean that's what her name means in Spanish," and, well, you've got addictive television. We stayed up for the first three hours and videotaped the rest until our tape stopped.
Remember it all via Damitol's summaries, which just plain rock.
When it comes to observational reality shows, casting is everything. There has never been a reality show with as wonderfully combustive and consistently entertaining cast as that RW season, and for that, Bunim/Murray, we thank you.
Ahaha. This blog is an amazing time capsule in so many ways. You video taped it? Brilliant.
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