Friday, March 31, 2006

The Real World - Key Haven?

Is it me, or is the MTV Key West Real World show seem a tad boring? Actually, the cast members themselves appear mostly bored. Why? Maybe it's because they are not living on the island of Key West (a tremendously fun, interesting, inspiring, and creative place - more about Key West at http://www.keywesttravelguide.com ), but instead on an island miles away. Then again, if they named it "Real World Key Haven" maybe no one would have cared.
Or maybe that the whole show is so very orchestrated that it's lost most of the spontanaity. What do I mean by orchestrated? For example, why are the restaurants they are dining at empty except for the cast members? One of the first episodes of this season's show had the cast eating at Blue Heaven - one of Key West's most popular restaurants. I can honestly say I have never seen the place empty, except for the morning that the Real World cast ate there. And then it happened again during another episode at another restaurant, completely empty except for the cast. MTV likes to say that this is a reality program, but maybe they've tinkered with the formula too much and now it's more of a scripted show. To further back up this thinking, it seems strange that they would film the show smack in the middle of hurricane season - virtually guaranteeing that storms would make up for plot. Let's see if it worked for them as I can't imagine the current plot lines keeping many viewers tuned in.
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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

if that is your reasoning, the paris season should have been dubbed Real World: Le Vesinet

i like this season so far. i find partying and hookups boring.

Anonymous said...

Lets add to the list "The Real World: Notting Hill", "The Real Worl: Honolulu", "The Real World: Greenwich Village", "The Real World: Wicker Park", "The Real World: Point Loma"...... as long as it's in the same zip code, who cares?

Anonymous said...

actually, hawaii would be The Real World: Diamond Head

more:

Los Angeles --> Real world: Venice Beach

Cayo Dave said...

The thing is that Greenwich Village is in New York, Honolulu is in Hawaii, Notting Hill is in London, Wicker Park is in Chicago, and Venice is in Los Angeles.
Key Haven is not in Key West.
I think that the producers have tried to control the show to such an extent that it no longer works.

Anonymous said...

wtf did you delete my comment for?

it's not spam, it's my opinion.

Cayo Dave said...

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Anonymous said...

Well anyways, there's still no place where they could have lived in "key west" because the buildings are smaller and don't have lofts and warehouses like say chicago or denver.

Cayo Dave said...

There are plenty of places that they could have used in Key West. I've heard that they considered some of them.
Key West has a lot of grand homes with guest cottages that could easily house the crew.
What they got out of the Key Haven house was one stop shopping for the house and the tanning salon. The same owner owns both buildings.

Anonymous said...

what they also got out of Key Haven was the best RW house out of all 17 :)