There are two seasons on Hulu and then a channel on Pluto tv that plays all 40 seasons on repeat, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can tune in whenever and probably the same exact thing will be happening: people throwing themselves into the water off of really high platforms or rolling around in the dirt at the behest of a very blasé former bmx professional, then getting really drunk and screaming at each other at night. There are women accusing each other of not having their head in the game and one really handsome guy who is probably evil. There is a man whose legal name is John who everyone calls bananas. The same people come back season after season, sometimes they’re enemies or friends or in love. It’s very stupid. I am entranced.
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Even though I am a certified Bravo Boy™, I do have a soft spot in my heart for MTV’s reality programs. My best buds and I have spent hundreds, if not thousands, of hours watching the Real World, the even better spin-off The Challenge, and of course, Are You The One. The show is basically about a bunch of young, hot people who all “suck at relationships” and are trying to find their Perfect Match: another contestant on the show, predetermined by the producers but unknown amongst themselves, who is meant to be their ideal romantic partner. I’m in it for the shitty laser effects, the snarky host Ryan Devlin, and of course, the never-ending drama. If you’re in need of a mental vacation, check out the first two seasons streaming on Netflix now.
Dec 8, 2020
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yes! you can do both! yes i watched 2 seasons of the challenge, a season of southern charm, kept up to date with the traitors us & uk and watched too many instagram reels about love island all stars this week. but i also watched they shoot horses, don’t they? (1969 dir. sydney pollack). so it all evens out i think.
Jan 27, 2024
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I’ve been rewatching old seasons of The Real World and the new spin-off seasons where they reunite the cast to re-argue old conflicts in the same house they lived in decades ago. The combination is a heady mix of nostalgia and horror. Flashback: I’m fourteen and pacing around my childhood home. Everyone is asleep and I’m watching Ruthie black out on The Real World: Hawaii, nervous about transferring to public school, listening to the locusts buzz. Today: I’m thirty-five and pacing around my house in LA. Some fifty year old is getting his ribs broken in gladiator combat on The Challenge. Fame is a trap. All these TikTok kids are fucked.
Jun 14, 2022
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Jun 15, 2024
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Put on the robe, turn on adult swim or whatever, crank the ac, eat a late night snack in one bed and sleep in the other. The freedom of impersonal liminal space.
Oct 21, 2024
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hundreds of thousands of times over
The context may be different but no emotion is completely new— i can cope
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