Let's get real about "The Real L Word"

Ugh. This is what she meant by "telling stories"?

Considering Ilene ripped off so much of her own life for the first L series and imagined not just one but both central characters as versions of herself - I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that her next step is an actual reality show.

Looks like she found a way to keep herself employed.

When I read the first article about this, I honestly thought it was a joke. I scanned it twice, looking for the little disclaimer. ("Just kidding, did you really think someone would make this bs happen? Suckers...")

And now I feel a little bit like my world has gotten just a shade darker and more depressing, because someone in a position of power actually thinks this would be a good idea.

booooooooo...

the l word needs to end already! all good things must come to an end!

create NEW STORIES! geez, let the L word rest already. there are other lesbian stories other than the L word.

quite frankly, i dont wanna see anything chaiken related. i already know her cards...and i dont wanna see anymore!

I think she needs to just let The L Word go ... first there's the spin-off rumours, followed by movie-rumours, and now this.

TLW has had it's time, and yeah, it's still great to watch repeats of all the episodes whilst crying over long-lost ex'es, but just let it RIP.

I hope it's better than "Gimme Sugar." Even though I am skeptical about "The Real L Word," I will watch it.  Maybe during one of the episodes she'll actually tell us what the heck happened to Jenny!!! I still want to know.

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An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out? -Descartes

Unless, that is, the entire L Word cast is about to come out as lesbians and let us follow them around with cameras. Now that is something I might actually watch.

I would watch the hell out of that. And I can't stand "reality" TV. 

Season 6 of The L Word made me go and sell the four seasons I owned on DVD. I'm gonna needed afadavits signed on penalty of death from at least 5 lesbians whose opinion I trust that this show is beyond miraculous before I think about tuning in.

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"Normal is Boring" -Me 

Is it April fools, already? Am I missing something??

There is a small chance (very small) that this might actually end up being a worthwhile show, but I won't get my hopes up.

Too many red flags here. The fact that Chaiken already seems to think that the so-called 'real' lives of the women on the show will be a continuation of her TLW 'stories' is probably the most ominous sign.

Also, why does everyone in the TV business persist in perpetuating the idea that the only city in the US where one can find more than one or two lesbians is L.A.? At least set the show in a new and different city, FFS. The "L.A. lesbian" meme is getting a bit old now.

I mostly enjoy 'reality' shows where people are doing things that I can't do, so unless these lesbians will be cooking or sewing or dancing, I don't hold out much hope that the show will keep my interest.

*groan*

There are days when I wish Ilene Chaiken would take a long walk off a short pier. If this new reality series is as "real" as the L Word was, we'll have true stories of winged lesbians with x-ray vision doing battle with dragons on our TVs every week.  

When did Ilene become the be all and end all in lesbian television?

I'm sorry I'm bitter, I just hate reality tv shows. I'm hoping they will all gradually disappear. And this idea is already being done on Gimme Sugar.

Funny thing about television, I watch it to esacpe reality. I have no interest in watching other people live their lives. When will this horrible television end? I miss the 90's.

Screw you Ilene!!!!

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Neat! I'd watch it. THEN I'll judge it.

-I speak in random thoughts

...barftastic. The mere idea of this show is tickling my gag reflex.  I'm afraid that an actual viewing might elicit a reaction similar to the oral fountain of pea soup in the Excorcist.

Am I the only sour cherry on the fruitstand?

this will have a high rate of viewers?. I mean we saw what she did with the L word, which was just fiction, but still would you really trust a producer with another show of the likes?? I certainly wouldnt.

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Let it Rock,Let it roll

ugh this could either be an okay show or a horrible show since I mean seriously it's getting based off of The Real World....

Don't argue with my superior wisdom, okay? -Dana Fairbanks <3

I think that this show would have had a better chance if the title was different.  People love reality shows and I am not going to lie, if I have absolutely nothing to watch and nothing to do I will watch it. 

 She just needs to let the L Word go to the TV Show Heaven and be up there with Queer As Folk and other shows that I can't remember to save my life right now!  Oh wait, Save By The Bell:)

"Come on, Ilene, we've seen this pony."

Pony is right (Cockney rhyming slang: Pony and Trap = Crap). I can't think of a worse idea. Apart from Beyonce playing Nan in TTV. Is this woman totally bereft of ideas? Oh wait...

This topic providing an endless opportunity to bash Ilene's deluded visions of grandiosity I cannot expend one more keystro......But I can't resist:

"What I don’t understand is why, with all the infinite and infinitely more original options available for lesbian representation on television, Showtime and Ilene have chosen to get into the reality business." 

Because Ilene relies on other people to do her work for her.  Simply put she is unable to come up with anything original unless it was created by someone else.

As far as Showtime the network, well I cannot fathom why any living entity would greenlight another of her projects except that insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over but expecting diferent results.

Technology Will Lead To The Demise Of Civilization As We Know It. 

Not even the potential for "hootchies in hot tubs" could suck me in to watch this hot mess.

"Unless, that is, the entire L Word cast is about to come out as lesbians and let us follow them around with cameras. Now that is something I might actually watch."  >>>> ONLY then, and ONLY if Sarah Shahi is among those cast members! Guess I'm S.O.L..