MTV SPOOF OF ITS 'REAL WORLD' SHOW TERMINALLY LAZY.Byline: David Kronke TV Critic DISCUSSIONS lately on how television cannibalizes itself (think Cartoon Network's ``Adult Swim'' or NBC's ``The Rerun re·run n. The act or an instance of rebroadcasting a recorded movie or a recorded television performance. tr.v. re·ran , re·run, re·run·ning, re·runs To present a rerun of. Show'') only reinforce how much MTV's ``The Real World: The Lost Season'' comes a month - or year, or two - too late. A parody, of sorts, this TV movie concerns a group of generically and genetically self-absorbed young people lured to Vancouver for reasons other than scoring fleeting dime-store fame via lurid behavior on a cable network. ``Real World: Lost Season'' begins like a particularly cagey ca·gey also ca·gy adj. ca·gi·er, ca·gi·est 1. Wary; careful: a cagey avoidance of a definite answer. 2. Crafty; shrewd: a cagey lawyer. ``MADtv'' sketch - the bimbo/aspirant star, the virgin, the sensitive artist, the dull guy, the astringent astringent (əstrĭn`jənt), substance that shrinks body tissues. Astringent medicines cause shrinkage of mucous membranes or exposed tissues and are often used internally to check discharge of serum or mucous secretions in sore throat, politico all heed the call and indulge in their particular brands of extravagant behavior. Until, that is, they're kidnapped by a sadistic sa·dism n. 1. The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others. 2. The deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty. wanna-be in pathetic need of tele-validation. At this point, the film plays out not as a cagey satire of familiar MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. tropes, but worse - like a listless (programming) listless - In functional programming, a property of a function which allows it to be combined with other functions in a way that eliminates intermediate data structures, especially lists. ripoff of a ``Diagnosis: Murder'' script (which in its day took a listless swing at reality TV). Only MTV, with its target audience of young girls who don't watch much other television, could pass off this plot line as vaguely original. THE REAL WORLD: THE LOST SEASON - Two stars What: Saga of reality-TV aspirants swept into a deadly, sort of, conspiracy. Where: MTV. When: 9 tonight. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The cast of MTV's ``The Real World: The Lost Season'' portray a typical cross-section of the program's participants. |
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