The Real Real World
MTV's Pedro premieres tonight.
By Andy Campbell, 4:44PM, Wed. Apr. 1, 2009
Tonight Logo and MTV air Pedro, a scripted narrative about the San Francisco incarnation of the Real World. If you remember, this was the season that featured Pedro Zamora, a Cuban-born AIDS activist. It's a made-for-TV movie that looks like a reality show… inspired by an actual reality show! Ow, my head.
I know that MTV has posted clips from the San Francisco show online, but come on MTV/Logo/Viacom conglomerate! At least have the ovaries to show the actual season on actual TV! How cool would it be to watch Pedro, and then see the episodes that are the reason for the season? Show these kids today that the Real World wasn't always about semen-laden hottubs, three-ways, and vom-vom.
The radical thing about the San Francisco season of the Real World was that Pedro, Judd, Pam, Puck, Rachel, Cory, and Mohammed were actually dealing with some real queer shit…. Making a movie about that social experiment just seems… wrong! Am I alone on this one?
Although, I'll be the first to admit that I'm excited about seeing something else that Milk screenwriter and San Antonio homeboy Dustin Lance Black has written. And even though I'm complaining, it's still on DVR!
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