Speaking of MTV. . .

White_Chocolate · #1 05-21-2003, 05:17 PM

am i the only one who is upset that you can't audition for stuff unless you're in the NY tri-state area?
my friends and i were going to audition for ultimate party show
we sent in our pictures and they called us for an audition
but we found out the audition date like 2 days before
and no one got paid until the next week
so you guys missed seeing me and my crazy friends on MTV

why do they do that?

Sadeyes21 · #2 05-21-2003, 07:18 PM

That is so irritating. I've written so many times trying to get on one of their reality shows. Maybe it's good that they didn't pick me. Most of the shows say you have to either be from the btri-state or LA.

LeslieAGD · #3 05-21-2003, 07:24 PM

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Originally posted by Sadeyes21
Maybe it's good that they didn't pick me. Most of the shows say you have to either be from the btri-state or LA.

Yes, it's probably good that they didn't pick you. Not because of location, but because they'd make you look like a psycho...everyone turns into a psycho on reality tv.

Lady Pi Phi · #4 05-22-2003, 10:46 AM

What about Road Rules? They've had an English girl on, and I know they've had a Canadian on. How did they get on those shows?

AlphaGamDiva · #5 05-22-2003, 10:50 AM

dude, the formula for mtv reality shows is simple....you have to be either:

gay/hot
bitch/hot
virgin/hot
aetheist/hot
super christian/hot
racist ready to be enlightened/hot
person ready to do the enlightening/hot
slut/hot is also thrown in there somewhere....more so on vegas than the others....they were all slut/hot.....although trishelle looks like a bug with big boobs, but whatev...

hello? duh....

bethany1982 · #6 05-22-2003, 10:51 AM

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Originally posted by AlphaGamDiva
dude, the formula for mtv reality shows is simple....you have to be either:

gay/hot
bitch/hot
virgin/hot
aetheist/hot
super christian/hot
racist ready to be enlightened/hot
person ready to do the enlightening/hot
slut/hot is also thrown in there somewhere....more so on vegas than the others....they were all slut/hot.....although trishelle looks like a bug with big boobs, but whatev...

hello? duh....

LOL! So true.

ShaedyKD · #7 05-22-2003, 11:10 AM

I live in Tampa, and every single year I've lived here they have held Real World/Road Rules auditions at a local club. MTV always comes here, and some recent cast members from Tampa have included Melissa - New Orleans, Rachel - Campus Crawl...also people from Tough Enough, Kenny and one other guy (but I forgot his name, and I have no clue what seasons they were from). I think they go to a lot of large cities and have auditions, maybe they just don't advertise in your area? I don't think I would ever audition though, because those shows always make people out to be huge sluts/psychos/idiots!

White_Chocolate · #8 05-22-2003, 11:14 AM

what about being black?
does that count?
they didn't have any black girls on the last season

33girl · #9 05-22-2003, 11:31 AM

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Originally posted by White_Chocolate
am i the only one who is upset that you can't audition for stuff unless you're in the NY tri-state area?
my friends and i were going to audition for ultimate party show
we sent in our pictures and they called us for an audition
but we found out the audition date like 2 days before
and no one got paid until the next week
so you guys missed seeing me and my crazy friends on MTV

why do they do that?

so in other words, it's not that they limit their area to NY, it's that you guys couldn't fly out there.

Sadeyes21 · #10 05-22-2003, 12:46 PM

Dismissed rules are that you have to live/be in the LA area to appear on the show.
Why don't they ever have a Real World where the whole cast is black except for 2 whites? They always have white dominated episodes. I think this shows how our society is still not progressive.

kddani · #11 05-22-2003, 01:36 PM

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Originally posted by Sadeyes21
Why don't they ever have a Real World where the whole cast is black except for 2 whites? They always have white dominated episodes. I think this shows how our society is still not progressive.

Gee, you're not trying to start some isht with that post or anything are you?

The cast is proportional to the population. Actually probably shows "minorities" (non-caucasions, gays, etc) in a higher percentage that they even are in real society.

Does EVERYTHING always have to be made into a race issue?

librasoul22 · #12 05-22-2003, 02:35 PM

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Originally posted by kddani
Gee, you're not trying to start some isht with that post or anything are you?

The cast is proportional to the population. Actually probably shows "minorities" (non-caucasions, gays, etc) in a higher percentage that they even are in real society.

Does EVERYTHING always have to be made into a race issue?

Actually I agree with this.

I don't think a RW/RR with a predominantly black cast would be so much progressive as it would be unrealistic.

White_Chocolate · #13 05-22-2003, 02:41 PM

then, RR/RW are wrong
there are more spanish people in america than whites or blacks
asians are in 2nd
so why don't we have a spanish/asian cast with one black and one white

then, they would have to put an pakistani/indian on there

hell, why don't they do a cast where there is a represenative of every race .. .

Sadeyes21 · #14 05-22-2003, 02:45 PM

Actually I wasn't trying to make a race issue!!!! I just thought it would be nice if television stepped out of its boundarys and tried to do something a little different!

AlphaGamDiva · #15 05-22-2003, 04:20 PM

i honestly don't think casting has too much to do with race....i think it all goes back to those categories i mentioned b/4 b/c more so than fillin an ethnic quota, they gotta fill that DRAMA quota.

i actually would LOVE to go on the RW.....but i just don't know what category i fall into......eh.