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Reality Poetry

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By Josh Wolk | May 14, 2004
Ryan Sutter, Trista Rehn
Image credit: The Bachlorette: ABC

Amateur poets qualify for one of the five worst reality TV moments

We know the warning signs: The man leans forward earnestly, his eyes narrowed with a soulful pain that says, ''I'm about to reveal the real me''...and we frantically grab for the remote, wailing ''Noooo! He's going to recite his own poetry!'' From the painful freestyling of ''The Real World: Boston'''s Jason to the pretentious doggerel of ''Love Cruise'''s tattooed Anthony to the Hallmark-cardish verse of ''The Bachelorette'''s Ryan, these woeful attempts at simulating sensitivity ignore one simple fact: Hitting on women in a reality show is an inherently cheesy act, so trying to act deep while doing so is like putting a monocle on a Hooters girl.
Originally posted May 13, 2004
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