Reality vs. Reality: Hipsters Wanted for New Show
In case you fall into our specific – and possibly imaginary – stereotype, please apply here.
So said an open casting call for 18-25 year olds on realitywanted.com for a “major network TV pilot about life in Williamsburg.” But whose reality are they seeking?
Did you wake up today around 1:30 EST in your industrial loft, pull on your favorite (and only) pair of cutoff jean shorts, and take a leisurely stroll down Bedford Avenue in search of organic green juice and the new DFA on vinyl? Do you tap the family trust fund every time you need to make rent? (or do you have to fix bikes for a living?) Does your tattoo have a story to tell? Do you jam with a hardcore band on the weekends and DJ on the weeknights? Are you cooking tofu right now for you and your seven roommates? Do you barely make it into Manhattan three days a week for “college”? Is that handlebar mustache merely for comedic effect? Do you consider 25 “old age”? Do you idolize Dan Deacon? Do you fold clothes at American Apparel? Are you SO not worried about getting swine flu ’cause that shit only happens to poor people? Were you recently the victim of the Hipster Grifter? Or even better, are you THE Hipster Grifter? And most importantly, what are you going to do this summer now that the McCarren Pool Parties are over???!!!
The aspects of Brooklyn’s progressive culture that are so positive have been completely overlooked for its worst elements. Greed and materialism will always sell advertising, right? Not if we don’t participate. Not even as a guilty pleasure – as so many people I know claim as a reason for watching the City or the Hills. If we want smart programming, we have to act like it.
Or you can send in a photo of yourself and five things that make you a hipster and ride the wave of our cultural collapse.
(Photo by Steccato via Flickr)
