With the lackluster yet controversial show, “Southie Rules,” about one of the city’s most notable neighborhoods, seemingly fading to the background, Boston has another “reality” series to look forward to next month.
According to a post on VH1’s website, viewers will be “inundated” with the “essence of Massachusetts” as they watch 30-somethings struggle with growing up, without growing old, on “Wicked Single.”
“Work hahd, play hahd: that’s the motto that six adultsters featured in VH1?s new Boston-set reality series,” according to the show’s producers. “Although they never miss an opportunity to hit the club, these young Bostonians sometimes wonder if the trappings of adulthood may be passing them by as they revel in ‘Monday Fundays’ and ‘Tuesday Boozedays.’”
The release, and accompanying blog post, about the new series, manages to cram in as many Boston stereotypes as it can in the first few sentences of the description, including urging reality-show mongers to grab their Dunkin’ Donuts, and frappes.
Coincidentally, the “pahty” gets “stahted” on St. Patrick’s Day, one of the Hub’s signature celebratory events.
Where “Southie Rules,” about a family battling gentrification in their South Boston neighborhood, has been challenged and called “scripted,” VH1 (like every reality show producer) says the characters in this show are “loud,” “real, and they have awesome accents.”
Here are the descriptions of the people who will be followed around by cameras:
- Rachel, 28, has boundless energy and an outrageous personality. Rachel decorates her apartment with wedding invitations and is semi-desperate to send out her own one day, to match her sisters that are already hitched.
- Nikki, 30 (or is it 28?), is Rachel’s best pal, and is also hopeful for a man. While Boston born and bred, she hides the fact that she has fantasies about Derek Jeter. Aside from a man, Nikki also wants a job and some stability.
- Chubs, 30, is the life of the party, but often self-sabotages himself with his immature antics when it comes to meeting women.
- Chelsi, 24, is known as ‘the maniac’ – the one who gets everyone in trouble. Chelsi is the only woman in town who can party at Chubs’ speed. But despite their similarities, the two have yet to hook up.
- Chrissy, 27, the pretty “Southie girl” with a tough streak is often the peacekeeper of the group. She pays the bills by holding down 3 different jobs – working at a prison, hairdressing, and being a promo girl. Chrissy loves to date around but isn’t super concerned with finding anything too serious.
- Joe, 30, is Chubs’ roommate, best pal, and cruising buddy. Joe is bummed to have turned 30 – and though he gets a lot of action, he can’t seem to settle on “Mrs. Right.”Follow Steve Annear on Twitter @SteveAnnear
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