Last night, Showtime gave us a sneak peek (video below) at its new lesbian reality show, "The Real L World," which premieres on June 20, at 10pm.
Yep, round two is nearing, so let's all hope that we can live, love and laugh, but not lose this time.
In the "Behind the Scenes" video, we're given an up close and personal look at the characters we got merely a glimpse of in April, the women who will replace Bette, Tina, Alice, Shane, Jenny, et al. I won't rehash, because you probably have eyes and ears and at least one unoccupied little finger to click the play button below to see for yourself. But I will tell you this: The very first line of the script — "From the creator of The L Word..." — turned me off. And although predictable, those seven words add up to nothing good.
Ilene Chaiken is still living a fairy tale in which she gets to make up her own reality and resume. Even though I reminded her and all of you last year that she had more than a little help creating "The L Word," she's just going to go on ignoring that giant detail.
Oh, Ilene, there's a perfect word to describe your stubborn ways, and it rhymes with 'fociopath.'
That said, the good news is that the bar for lesbian reality shows couldn't be set much lower (thanks to the cast of Logo's "Gimme Sugar"), so rising above it shouldn't be hard. The bad news is there's just enough air between the floor and that bar to cause me a great deal of concern.
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