Gothamist: The Real World to Ruin Brooklyn this Summer

Anna_Merkin

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:55:48 -0500

"That's it." I'm infected from reading Gothamist too often, apparently.

Anna_Merkin

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:37:42 -0500

That's is! I'm moving back to Manhattan.

robingee

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:23:46 -0500

I find more stupid people in Staten Island than Bklyn. But there are stupid people everywhere, even HERE!

AnonEMouse

Wed, 14 May 2008 09:50:22 -0500

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Brooklyn is where the stupid people go. It's Mecca for stupid people. So naturally it follows that a stupid tv reality show filled with stupid people should be filmed there.

bornbrednewyorker

Tue, 13 May 2008 23:55:28 -0500

No one actually watches that show.

sonyactivision

Tue, 13 May 2008 17:59:36 -0500

Sumner Redstone just needs to fucking die.

palestine

Tue, 13 May 2008 17:45:28 -0500

Exactly my thoughts #38 hungryghoast. Granted I just moved here, but I hate the Real World and Viacom.

zmadison

Tue, 13 May 2008 17:40:37 -0500

So long as they stay the hell outta Carroll Gardens, I'm a happy camper. For the record, I'm going with Billyburg or DUMBO. Although you just know they'll make an appearance at Beach Bar in LIC, hit up Smith Street and Bedford Ave and be all over the LES regardless of which condo monstrosity they are dumped in. A big Piss Off to the folks at MTV, Z.

hungryghoast

Tue, 13 May 2008 17:33:42 -0500

Rarely does an article make me exclaim outloud, "FUCK!" in anger... but this was one of those times.

piercep2

Tue, 13 May 2008 17:13:45 -0500

it this show still on?

sonyactivision

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:43:20 -0500

Let them earn their rent doing guerilla marketing in Washington Heights, then juice up the show by letting a convicted sex offender live with them. Finish it out with a gig in Crown Heights promoting islamic imam tapes and watch the fun!

Rocknrope

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:26:42 -0500

Here's hoping they end up at Union Hall yelling "F Me! F Me!" at 4am....

jrd550

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:15:48 -0500

hopefully they end up in Park Slope.

ChampionOfTheSun

Tue, 13 May 2008 15:48:38 -0500

It would be hilarious if they decorate the home with tons of hipster propoganda and have a few hipsters coming over to the house, thus making everything hipster mainstream.

jaja007

Tue, 13 May 2008 15:05:38 -0500

Finally, I'll get to see urban black people someplace other than Sea!

eyekantspel

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:53:37 -0500

The Real World to Ruin Brooklyn this Summer as others have pointed out, they're a couple of years too late

Tim N.

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:38:37 -0500

I'd have rather seen Real World City Island or Real World East Bronx. They're more hip than B-Burg these days, as MTV's arrival confirms.

Bickle

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:33:26 -0500

#6, I think your comment might have been insightful about ten years ago.

woodendesigner

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:25:41 -0500

This is one of the worst ideas ever. Stick them up in the bronx.

Think twice

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:21:46 -0500

There goes the neighborhood. MTV, a day late and a dollar short. So desperate to remain relevant.

quinticire

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:11:59 -0500

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire. We don't no water let the Real Worlders burn. Burn Motherf#^*ers, burn.

robingee

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:11:18 -0500

Well, if other cities can put up with then so can we. Everyone knows by now that The Real World isn't real. What season did the kids all start looking like supermodels?

mdowning

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:42:44 -0500

put 'em in bushwick indeed. hell yes. and let chappelle run the thing, just for good measure... god that's going to suck.

smitty

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:41:36 -0500

East New York! East New York!

Steven

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:38:48 -0500

Is MTV really running out of places for the real world to be, that they need to be in NY for the third time?

theloofyourlife

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:26:54 -0500

This 'season' would be more entertaining if they made it more like the "Mad Real World" ala the dave chapelle show 4 years ago. :o)

Kevin Walsh

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:24:16 -0500

It's a good bet they won't put them in Bay Ridge, Marine Park, or Brownsville, but the idea of MTA Real World kids bickering with the locals in those neighborhoods sounds tempting. The Real World vs...the real world! www.forgotten-ny.com

jmsfuentes

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:09:04 -0500

wes...for your sake..i hope they dont move to brooklyn heights either.

Armchair_warrior

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:04:56 -0500

such manufacture crap.

WesTheYeTi

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:04:48 -0500

They they land in my hood, I'm gone.

gtraindelay

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:03:55 -0500

ack!

dbc

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:58:08 -0500

I was wondering that myself, NYCSniper. I remember seasons 1-4 very clearly, and they certainly weren't 21 years ago. According to what I read on Wikipedia, since 2002 they've shown two "seasons" per year, resulting in 21 seasons in approximately 16 years.

nomnomnom

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:57:23 -0500

@NYCSniper - Because MTV airs the shows more than once a year. You're so ignorant.

face

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:54:42 -0500

Stick 'em on the G train

NYCSniper

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:47:07 -0500

Call me ignorant, but since this series premiered in '92, how on earth is it in its 21st season?

petebfd

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:45:59 -0500

please let at least one of these stupid twats get shot

billybob

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:45:32 -0500

Sorry to insult your husband, Suepart.

gasoline serpent

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:45:24 -0500

Let 'em come on over to Bed Stuy and stay in our Armory. We'll show them real. That, or let them live in the Red Hook IKEA as they continue to furnish the inside. Either one gets my vote.

suepart

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:37:07 -0500

cheers to billybob-- finally someone saying something against the need to grow up and be a man 'keeping it fake' 40 year old skateboarders!

spreetaper

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:33:46 -0500

heck i think they should be in Bushwick

evie

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:32:42 -0500

Wow, like I needed another reason to say away from the Burg. I will be interesting to see if everyone back home's views of Brooklyn change from "dangerous and full of thugs" to "obnoxious and full of hipsters." Though frankly, I think I'd prefer the former.

Rocknrope

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:31:43 -0500

For some truly Real World, move them into the Armory Women's Shelter.

Bubba

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:28:33 -0500

I thought Remy Ma was starring in Real World Rikers Island.

aveB4life

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:21:37 -0500

i would love for them to have to take the L during rush hour in the a.m. with all that camera equipment AND at night, take the L the wrong way and get off in bushwick.

billybob

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:20:51 -0500

haha can Williamsburg possibly fit any more weiners? They'll be right at home with all the other 40 year old 'keepin' it real' skateboarders.

edEx

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:16:24 -0500

i would rather be waterboarded than to see this happen.