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While we all wait for This Old House's first ever New York City project to air (being filmed in Brooklyn right now), we'll have to focus in on another house. The MTV Real World Brooklyn house is in Red Hook (as you already know, like it or not); this is their 3rd time filming the series in New York, but the first in the borough. While filming has ended, much of the cast (none of whom are New Yorkers) have decided to stay. Here's the first episode, which aired last night, in its entirety.
The most Brooklyn you'll get in the first episode is from the 2:23 to 2:47 mark. During this time they play some rap music and cram in the following shots: the Brooklyn Navy Yard, lots of signs that say Red Hook, old men playing cards outside, a guy flipping a pizza pie dough, graffiti, the Red Hook vendors and some kids street dancing! Then the attention goes to the Mormon roommate sitting in front of the East River on Fulton Ferry Landing, young Chet soliloquizes about himself and his fear of getting shot during his time in the borough—and at the blink of an eye we're all in Red Hook, roommates are choosing rooms, carefully edited clips create drama, and everyone wants to know who is gay. You can take Brooklyn out of the Real World, but you can't take the Real World out of Brooklyn. Or something.
So what did locals think of the cast invading their neighborhoods? Perhaps transgender Katelynn (who despite hating us is one of the more interesting "characters" on the show) sums it up best on her LiveJournal, nostalgically recalling: "all those disgusting hipsters in Williamsburg who would run up to the camera and tell us how much we suck." She continues, pitting MTV versus Hipsters (who to side with?!): "Riiight, because we're the reason the borough is experiencing wide-spread gentrification. Or maybe after the show airs all those shallow hipsters will move in, because, y'know, they haven't been doing that for the past decade."
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jen, i'm already watching gossip girl because of you, please don't make me watch mtv.
I don't think you have to be a hipster to tell the Real World cast they suck.
the pinnacle of retardation
The Old House? This Old House? Some Old House? Just an Old House?
Um, the tranny is kind of right.
Dear Cast of the Real World,
When this show is over, please leave, and do not return.
Yawn...
MTV vs. hipsters? Hmmmmmm...I might actually have to go with the hipsters on this one.
who fucking cares. there are are literally MILLIONS of other AWESOME people in this city... why obsess over the small cast of a dumb show? stay, leave. whatever. NYC is a city, not a clubhouse.
It's pretty ironic that transplants in Williamsburg would tell the real worlders they suck and are ruining Brooklyn when the biggest difference between the two groups is that the real worlders have a film crew following them around.
haha..seriously!
"in it's entirety."
GGAAARGH. No apostrophe in possessive form of its. HULK MAD!
It's also "This" Old House, not "The" Old House...
A group of people who are wannabes actors/singers/what to get somewhat famous.
there should be coverage on that kings show instead, it was filmed on location: nypl, time warner center, etc.
I watched last night's episode out of curiousity, and I must say, while other recent seasons have been as worthless as everyone's made them out to be, I was actually quite impressed. Don't tell anyone, but I'm actually looking forward to next week's episode!
I think it's pretty funny that transplants living in Williamsburg will run up to them to tell them they suck when theres no real difference between the two groups except that one has a camera crew following them around.
This is not the first time The Real World cast has been unwelcome in a neighborhood. I lived in Chicago's Wicker Park when they came and it was annoying then too. The last thing you want when you are hanging out in a bar is a giant camera crew encouraging people (and not just the Real Worlders) to be obnoxious.
i love how they first meet in random places, as if they just arrived, with their suitcases and all .. at the piers, on the boardwalk ... you know, where the planes land.
did anyone else find it hilarious that they staged a scene of the cast playing stickball?
the store they went to made in brooklyn is on 3rd ave & 92nd st in bay ridge and right after they showed a scene of them playing stickball in the street (right around the corner from the store).
give me a break! i was waiting for the chazz palminteri cameo and somebody's mom shouting out the winda holding a sauce spoon!
meh. I watched for ten minutes and fell asleep - it's better and cheaper than Ambien!
I prefer a Double Shot at Love with Rikki and Vikki Ikki (no I didn't make up those names!)
I just like to watch them fight. I don't care if the people totally suck, are posers- whatever. Just show me a good fight.
I'm still waiting for the outtakes from their nude audition.
"we see the statue of liberty and i completely feel, liberated"
give me a fucking break!