So, Tom Cruise, you are giving your useless trophies back in support of the HFPA bringing on more diversity, etc.. Wonderful!

Rregular viewers know it’s not a surprise at all that he got it right. He tends to get it right, whether or not the topic impacts his life.

I’m not totally surprised that he and his crew did this right, because he really does tend to do the things right.

I own Judd Winick’s My Friend Pedro graphic novel and it’s very heartening. I kind of feel like The Real World never topped the San Francisco season because of Pedro. Everyone else goes on The Real World hoping to parlay it into more fame in other avenues. Pedro came on with a mission, and it was still possible to do…

Hawaii was certainly a step in that direction, but I think New Orleans, B2NY, and Chicago were more at a pre Hawaii level.  Las Vegas went totally beyond Hawaii and the show never looked back.  

I watched Real World as a teen in the 90s. I have been rewatching now because of Paramount +, and the subtle homophobia from some of the early season cast mates (S2 in particular) was eye opening, but it made me recall what it was like to live back then, and the fear and derision for homosexuals in the air back then.…

S1-4 were definitely a more documentary style. S5-11 is when the season long tasks were brought in, and I think the show had just been around long enough that it started to attract different kinds of applicants than those first few years. But I still think lots of those seasons are worthwhile. I think Boston had a…

I was just rewatching this season after signing up for P+ to watch Real World Homecoming. You remember Cory’s dynamics flipping from Pedro to Puck and back to Pedro correctly.

Editing is everything in these shows, and remember we are only seeing like 20 half hours of almost 4 months of footage. Judd always tried to play the peacemaker, but behind the scenes books note that he more forcefully countered Puck’s shit (like Puck wearing shirts with swatsikas on them). He certainly called out Puck…

ah so sorry - I meant to reply to your comment and not Brick HardMeat’s and I feel like an idiot now and will blame the timing of said comment (before noontime) and my lack of caffeine!

I do remember Cory being very young and really naive. In the same vein as Brick HardMeat’s post, I think it’s really difficult to fault her for possibly not having been as supportive or protective of Pedro given her seemingly limited life experience. I remember an episode where she was telling Judd and someone else…

Possibly Cory? I have some memory of Cory and Pedro being very close initially bc they met each other first before anyone else in the cast....I also have some memory of their sharing a train ride together. Did that happen? Anyway they were close initially bc she was the sort of young, really sheltered and naive one,…

Same. Reality shows are a dime a dozen now, but back then, RW:SF was one of the few, and definitely the best. Pedro was the first person living with HIV that many of us younger Gen Xers came to “know” and I really do credit him with kick-starting a wider conversation about how urgently a cure was needed.

I had watched this season repeatedly for all same the reasons everyone tuned in, but I don’t remember it well enough the “former allies who seemingly sided with (or simply failed to totally condemn) aggressors like Puck”. Was this primarily Rachel, or were there many others (which is what it sounds like)? The fact…

For those of us old enough to have watched the RWSF at the time, Pedro dying the day after the last episode was a fucking gut punch. I remember crying all day. 

How the fuck is someone as dumb as you not in the greys?

The masks that prevent HIV go on your dick, numbnuts.

Why? Because there was a medical breakthrough in the form of antiretroviral medication. HIV is not airborne, so not sure why you think masks or social distancing would be required to stop its spread.

It’s not possible to be as ignorant and stupid as your post suggests. Go away, you fucking troll.

How does someone speak with so much confidence on something they know nothing about. You said “Without masks, social distancing” lmao