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RachelLeVega:
Age diversity is also an important factor that nobody has said anything about yet (not to diminish any statement of racial, gender, and de-typecasting equality). We haven't had an actually older team race since Bill & Cathi and haven't had a retiree race since Jody from TAR16. They always get stuck with the "older" team being in their late 30s-50s and married. This really says a lot about stereotyping generations and purporting the "settling down" narrative. I know so many people in their late 60s and 70s who are either single, still kickin' it, or ready to throw caution to the wind.
Just tell them to take a look at Meredith & Gretchen. :yes:
dryedmangoez:
I wonder if there's also just a smaller pool to choose from. With TAR's popularity definitely waning over the years, there's less great possibilities of applicants to choose from. Which then forces them to go out and recruit teams who will more often than not turn out to be people trying to get famous (aspiring social media influencers *cringe*) and won't necessarily be great entertainment or even great Racers.
Kiwi Jay:
--- Quote from: RachelLeVega on November 12, 2020, 10:24:41 PM ---Age diversity is also an important factor that nobody has said anything about yet (not to diminish any statement of racial, gender, and de-typecasting equality). We haven't had an actually older team race since Bill & Cathi and haven't had a retiree race since Jody from TAR16. They always get stuck with the "older" team being in their late 30s-50s and married. This really says a lot about stereotyping generations and purporting the "settling down" narrative. I know so many people in their late 60s and 70s who are either single, still kickin' it, or ready to throw caution to the wind.
Just tell them to take a look at Meredith & Gretchen. :yes:
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Amen to this. I think we should start pushing for more inclusivity for age diversity. We haven't had more than one person over 45 in so long! The race needs to return to its roots and include older contestants.
georgiapeach:
--- Quote from: dryedmangoez on November 12, 2020, 11:28:53 PM ---I wonder if there's also just a smaller pool to choose from. With TAR's popularity definitely waning over the years, there's less great possibilities of applicants to choose from. Which then forces them to go out and recruit teams who will more often than not turn out to be people trying to get famous (aspiring social media influencers *cringe*) and won't necessarily be great entertainment or even great Racers.
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My understnding is that they still get thousands of unsolicited vids. HOWEVER, their focus seems to have switched towards recruiting a team that meets some criteria of what the think they need. SO in any given season there will be recruited teams. You can tell by the casting feels that are sent out. "Looking for two brothers from sports world". Looking for a couple who...blahblah. They DEFINITELY recriut which is sad...there are so many teams who APPLY who would be outstanding.
theschnauzers:
Can’t find a better thread to use, and I’m not sure we need a whole separate thread to this, but n a release included in etonline.com, about a revival of The Real World’s original cast, using the original loft, there’s this passage:
--- Quote ---The Real World revival is just the latest original offering available on Paramount+, which will feature popular franchises Love & Hip Hop, Love Island, RuPaul's Drag Race, The Amazing Race, Survivor, The Challenge, Big Brother, Jersey Shore and more. Multiple seasons of The Real World are currently streaming on CBS All Access, soon to be Paramount+.
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There’s an implication that the entire TAR franchise would be available on Paramount+. We won’t have long to find out, as March 4 is less than three weeks away.
https:/www.etonline.com/the-real-world-revival-with-original-new-york-cast-coming-to-paramount-plus-160554
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