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Friday, November 18, 2011

Occupy / TV Occupy Television

Posted by Goldy on Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 4:11 PM

Early today I wrote about Occupy Wall Street:

This is a movement so tailored to the era of reality television, I'd be surprised if there already isn't a show in production.

Which I guess is why I'm not surprised to see the following Craigslist ad:

Part of Occupy Wall Street? Real World 27 Wants You! (Battery Park)
Date: 2011-10-17, 6:24PM EDT
Reply to: job-muxwz-2654988309@craigslist.org

MTV's Real World is seeking cast members to tell their unique stories on our show. If you are over the age of 20 and appear to be between the ages of 20-24, and the description below sounds like you, we want to hear from you!

Are you a part of the OCCUPY WALL STREET movement?

If so, please contact realworldcasting@bunim-murray.com. Your subject heading should be YOUR NAME and WALL STREET.

Please attach 3 RECENT PHOTOS and a brief BIO, including your full NAME, DATE OF BIRTH (for ID purposes only) as well as your CONTACT INFORMATION including PHONE #.

[Slogtip: Christopher]

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The 1% gotta get theirs.

Posted by Vince on November 18, 2011 at 4:17 PM

Hi Goldy!

Welcome to three weeks ago!

Posted by robotslave on November 18, 2011 at 4:18 PM

Co-opting the radicals. They did the same damn thing to Flava Flav.

Posted by Bub on November 18, 2011 at 4:21 PM

MTV is like that.

Shameless.

On the other hand, it's a good shot for some anarchists, libertarians, fake 1 percenters, communists, and working stiffs to get their 15 minutes of fame and talk about economics, which is more than most people ever do.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on November 18, 2011 at 4:27 PM

MTV has no shame. They'll do a show about just about anything.

(Oh, hi, Dan.)

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on November 18, 2011 at 4:36 PM

Holy shit, The Real World is still on?

Posted by Dougsf on November 18, 2011 at 4:39 PM

@5, be nice! It's programs like Real World and Jersey Shore that make enough money so MTV can afford to take a financial risk on buying a run of a few shows with Dan. On the other hand, the excoriation MTV gets for those shows is also why they have to counter with "responsible" college-aimed programming like Dan. Win-win!

Posted by gloomy gus on November 18, 2011 at 4:43 PM

@7

Plz provide examples of "responsible college-aimed programming" on MTV.

You're not thinking of "16 and Pregnant," are you?

Posted by robotslave on November 18, 2011 at 4:52 PM

Seriously, I think I read about this phenomenon somewhere in the blogosphere or twittyverse about 15 internet years ago, my GAWD get with the program

Posted by Vadt on November 18, 2011 at 4:54 PM

Wow, I can't get over "Real World 27." Twenty-seven. Twenty-seven. It blows my mind on a number of levels. It's like if they were to come out with "Leonard Part 7" starring Bill Cosby.

Posted by Jude Fawley on November 18, 2011 at 5:02 PM

"Co-opting the radicals. They did the same damn thing to Flava Flav."

PE was radical. Flava Flav was a buffoon with little pretense of activism.

@8: I think they're referencing MTV's upcoming work with Dan.

Posted by undead ayn rand on November 18, 2011 at 5:06 PM

@8, yeah, I meant just Dan. Sorry to be unclear. Though one certainly hopes whatever educational value his show may have is complemented by smut smut smut and a healthy dollop of cussin'.

Posted by gloomy gus on November 18, 2011 at 5:19 PM

That's pathetic, MTV, but I guess pathetic isn't anything new for you.

Posted by suddenlyorcas on November 18, 2011 at 7:03 PM

Sending my name and birth date and contact info to someone on Craigslist? Seems legit.

Posted by what_now on November 18, 2011 at 7:39 PM

Ugh, MTV. That's just disgusting. And yet wholly unsurprising.

That said:
"Date: 2011-10-17, 6:24PM EDT"
Damn, that's some prescience there, Goldy -- you predicted a Craigslist post written a month ago. :D

Posted by Cow on November 19, 2011 at 8:56 PM