Thursday, January 16, 2003

Last week, I caught the last few minutes of last week's Real World. I know, I said I'd never do it again, but there was nothing else on. What Is Wrong With These People?

I'll save you the in's and out's (and I mean in-n-out if you know what I mean- nudge, nudge, wink, wink) of the love triangle goings on between Alton, Irulan and Gabe (trust me, you don't want to know), but there is something that is worth some consideration. In the episode, Alton, in a jealous fit, wound up hooking up with some random girl he had met in a bar. Brought her home, made his move, and schtupped her. The cameras caught it all- the scamming, the move, the hopping into bed, and the showing out the door of his conquest.

Now, it's one thing for someone to be on the show to hook-up with someone and have it being filmed on camera. They signed up for it, after all. It's another thing, entirely for someone who isn't on the show, someone who isn't even an important person in the realm of The Real World to hook-up with someone on the show. Hello? Cameras. Being broadcast on national TV. Basically, you just gave it up in front of millions of people.

But wait, it gets better.

Turns out too, the girl in question is a teacher. Which means that some kid's parents are gonna be watching the show only to be in shock when they realize that the girl caught getting her freak on is Jr's teacher. And that the same person who reads "Goodnight Moon" or whatever book teachers read to the kiddies these days (Bonsai?) also admitted on camera that up until doing the nasty with Alton, she hadn't had sex in over a year.

Now that ought to be one interesting PTA meeting. Won't someone think of the children?

But wait, it gets better. See, whenever someone who isn't in the cast appears on the show, they have to sign a release paper saying that they agree to be shown on the air. Which means that said Teacher hooked up with someone who was having cameras follow them, then had sex in a house entirely wired with cameras, and got her thong underwear caught on camera and when asked if it was okay for that to be shown in front of millions of people, said okay. In other words, she was so desperate to be on tv, that she was okay with coming off looking like a ho.

What is wrong with these people?

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