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Just spent some time checking out Jerry Lin's site at a more in-depth level, and...wow. This guy is amazing. If you didn't check it out last time I linked him up, go now.
So, if anyone didn't know, MTV, that colossal icon of pop culture, is filming their latest Reality TV show, Sorority Life, here in quiet, unassuming (college students translate: boring) Davis, California. That's right. A sorority at my beloved University of California, Davis will be featured in a "reality" TV series a la The Real World. They're filming now, and will tentatively air the series this summer.
Reality? You've gotta be kidding me. When 20,000 people know MTV is on campus, they're more than a little self-conscious. The sorority, which was small and having trouble getting people to rush, had 20 pledges once news got out that MTV would be filming the pledging process. Apparently, cover charges at local clubs (both of them...hehe) are going up since people are packing them in hopes of being in the background for some random shot. There's a rumor going around that MTV bought a house specifically for the pledges, with different rooms painted different colors, and all furnished by IKEA.
I saw some of the film crews going around during Picnic Day. They look exactly like what you'd think MTV employees would look like: young, good-looking, and wearing trendy clothes. They looked like runway models with cameras and boom mikes. It was also kind of surreal when my friend's hiphop troupe performed on the mainstage, and then had to sign releases with MTV so their performance could be aired. I saw another film crew Wednesday night after Grace Alive!...they were following a trio of girls through the parking lot at Safeway. It was kind of funny actually...this blonde girl (probably a pledge) was the center of attention, and you could just tell she was loving it, with this MTV camera person scurrying after her, camera in one hand and light in the other, trying not to draw attention to herself. They hopped into what looked like a brand-spanking new silver Volkswagen Jetta (reality...?), and the blonde girl's two friends knew instinctively that she got to drive and camera person gets shotgun. I wonder if I got in that shot...
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