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MTV's The Real World: “Kiss Me, Kate”
Week six [1] and it's “Kiss Me, Kate” on The Real World [2].
Yup, this week's episode centers on Katelynn [3], whereby all the cast
members come to know her (but not in the Biblical sense). It finally comes
out that Katelynn is a transgendered person, thanks to JD [4] informing
everybody behind Katelynn's back (“You didn't hear it from me!” he says at
one point).
We also get to know Katelynn, perhaps more than we, the audience really care
for, as we see her walking around the house in her underwear and see her
practicing pole dancing. The rest in the house are scandalized at her walking
around in her underwear, and are really scandalized when Katelynn does her
pole dancing at a bar in Gettysburg [5] (the cast is there to help with a
bicycle race to raise AIDS awareness), especially since the pole is a
structural member, not something used for dancing (and as much as I like
Katelynn, this was very painful to watch … why Katelynn? Why?).
Now, while it's clear that Ryan [6] is a jerk (or the show is edited in such
a way as to make it seem that way), JD is coming across as the real
untrustworthy one in the house. He broke Devyn's [7] trust, and now he broke
Katelynn's trust. So while Ryan may be a jerk, he's an honest jerk, if you
know what I mean. He is what he is. JD … isn't. It'll be interesting to see
how things develop with him over the remaining episodes.
[1]
http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/real_world_brooklyn/episode/episode.jhtml?episodeId=148945
[2]
http://realworld.mtv.com/
[3]
http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/real_world_brooklyn/cast_member/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=10603
[4]
http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/real_world_brooklyn/cast_member/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=10599
[5]
http://www.gettysburg.com/
[6]
http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/real_world_brooklyn/cast_member/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=10601
[7]
http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/real_world_brooklyn/cast_member/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=10598
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