Schmoes Vs. The Volcano - 
by B-Side
Just when you thought it was safe to tune into MTV on Mondays at 10 PM, Bunim/Murray has thrown another pile of steaming, uh, hormones onto our laps. No, it's not the latest Coral/Veronica/Trishelle/Miz circus, but another shiny new installment of Road Rules, this time called "Xtreme". At first I thought this might be some cross promotional tool with a razor or deodorant or Mountain Dew product. But then I remembered that this was Road Rules, which in its old age, has resorted to desperately grandiose titles to still sound relevant. It's sort of like when you meet a guy over fifty who has a pierced ear. You know, like Harrison Ford.
We first meet our latest batch of Road Rulers in South America. We're introduced to Patrick who doubles as not only this season's All American Boy but the resident Ben Affleck doppleganger. He's plopped in the middle of nowhere with Jodi. The two of them are just so damn happy because they hate complaining and are up for anything. We'll see how long that lasts. It's become a strange, self-referential ritual of late where new cast members of The Real World and Road Rules all consult each other to find out which roles they'll be playing. First, there's the usual check to see who will complain and be psycho. No one ever admits to that, but true colors tend to emerge with self-deprecating remarks like "Oh, I'm the neat one. I'm so anal. That's the only thing." Everyone shares a good laugh, and then stores away the mental note "Bitch".
The self-classification pauses for a moment as an oxen-drawn buggy comes to whisk Patrick and Jodi off. Then we meet Danny and Ibis. She's Latina. He's gay. And in another stellar display of self-perception distortion, both claim to be very down to earth. We'll see how long that charade lasts.
Stop three on the oxen express takes us to Kina and Derrick. She's a Jersey Girl, and he's a Chicago native. Derrick also mentions that he's a hundred percent Polish and proud of it. He also sports an outdated turn of the millennium hairstyle, and I bet he's proud of that too. As Derrick strolls onto camera, I start to wonder if he might just be one part Polish, ten parts douchebag.
With the whole group assembled, they all congratulate themselves on being cool and awesome. Derrick adds how it's especially great that there are no faggots on board. Woops! Closeup on Danny looking uncomfortable. Another classic Bunim/Murray tradition. Nothing like the casual gay slur in front of the gay cast member. As they say in South America: idiosa!
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