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Wednesday, January 15, 2003
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THE BATTALION
Sitcom review: The Surreal Life
Thursday nights at 8p.m. on the WB
MC Hammer, Emmanuel Lewis, Gabrielle
Carteris
from disastrous situations, “Greetings from Tuscon” has all theele
ments of the typical situational comedy about an atypical family.
Let's hope the WB decides to move it up on the time slot.
When the producers of “The Surreal Life” came up with the
idea to place seven former superstars under practical house arrest
without transportation, cell phones or other personal items, the con
cept was novel enough. Unfortunately, when they put the cast
together, it seems like they missed the whole point. On a show in
which the plot rests on clashing egos of former superstars, spare
MC Hammer, the whole cast is made up of former pseudo-celebs
and practical nobodies. Perhaps the execs thought they could pull a
fast one on the audience when they cast “stars” such as limey man
Corey Feldman, former playmate Brande Roderick, typecast child
star Emmanuel Lewis, and former “Beverly Hills 90210” prude
Gabrielle Carteris to name a few. Perhaps they knew exactly what
they were doing. They even included the “ever-popular” Jerri
Manthey from Survivor—of course everybody's heard of her, right?
What could have been a potentially fun reality series falls
apart due to the lack of a strong cast and a plot that doesn't live
up to its promise.
The fact that the entire cast shares an annoying and impossi
ble behavior guarantees that this show is a potential disaster. If
the audience wanted to watch a bunch of fussy people with big
egos banter around in a huge mansion, they would just watch
“The Osbournes.”
As dormant as “The Surreal Life” may be, it does have its
moments. Most of the “superstars” are still caught in the illusions
that somebody out there still actually cares, which makes for amus
ing television. It also gets points for getting Hammer on the show.
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"High School Reunion"
Thursday night at 7 p.m. and Sunday
nights at 8 pm on the WB
17 1992 graduates from Illinois Oak Park
and River Forest High Schools
—Nishat Fatima
The latest addition to the increasing list of ridiculous reality
series is the WB's recently launched “High School Reunion.”
As the name suggests, the show is about a high school reunion
of a number of people who, despite being out in the real world
for almost 10 years, are still hung up on high school issues.
Courtesy of the WB. the reunion is in an exotic location, com
plete with lavish food, activities and the good 4 ol element vital
to reality television — producer-created situations. Each
ambiguous member of the cast has been pegged with a ridicu
lous title such as “The Bully,” “The Popular Girl “ or “The
Nerd" and so on. in a desperate measure to keep the audience
involved in the show.
The best and only way to describe this moronic and hormon
ally-driven excuse for entertainment is a very bad spin off of
“Beverly Hills: 90210.” Having the word “high school" in its
title is about as intellectual as the show gels. If you were ever
curious to sec what the offspring of “The Real World” and
“Saved by the Bell" gone bad would be like, then this is the
show for you. There is one positive aspect to the show: one
glance at the cast members can be used as an example of exactly
how people should not end up 10 years after high school.
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Although there is nothing that is vastly different about the plot
of “Greetings from Tucson” its Latin twist gives it enough edge to
be a breath of fresh air. The story is a re-enactment series of cre
ator Peter Murrieta’s teenage years, with 15-year-old David Tiant
(Pablo Santos) starring as the central character.
The show provides a humorous chronicle of how David sur
vives growing up with an unemotional, yet overly self-assured,
father Joaquin (Julio Mechoso), and a sweet and loving Irish mom,
Elizabeth (Rebecca Creskoff), who is 6 feet tall while the rest of
the family hardly cracks 5 feet 10 inches. Other key players
include easygoing Uncle Ernesto, an animal control officer, and a
three-time divorcee who now lives with David’s family, and Maria,
the snooty and popular older sister that every televised teen dreads.
David struggles with his dysfunctional family, but is still
tremendously proud of his mixed ethnic background.
While plot lines are clear, “Greetings from Tuscon’s” situations
don’t focus solely on one character, and each of the cast members
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between David and Maria, which leads to some hilarious sibling
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