Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Reality Sucks, Except For Keyshia Cole & 50 Cent.

Ya'll know I ain't the biggest reality TV fan, but I'll admit that two shows have recently gotten added to my Tivo Season Pass.

I talked mad smack about BET's Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is in the past, but I finally got tricked into started watching it, and while it's ghetto as all get-out, it's another trainwreck you can't turn away from. From the catfights, to the absent baby daddies, to the drama packed therapy sessions, this show is like Eyes On The Prize for Hoodrats.

And when I say hoodrats, I mean Frankie of course. Man, this clip never gets old.



"Holla! Man Down Situation! Code 10!"

Seriously, you couldn't invent this character. And since we're on the topic, does anyone know what the heck "Man Down Situation: Code 10" means?

Another show I sorta like is 50 Cent: The Money And The Power, which depending on what site you read, has or hasn't already been cancelled. The show is your garden variety elimination style competition, as Curtis Jackson takes the contestants thru various street hustles to determine who gets $100K to start a bid'ness.



Yeah, it sounds boring as hell on paper, and that's prolly why it got the early hook (although it's oddly still airing as I write this). But unlike most shows of this sort where some random weedcarrier takes the contestants through the competitions (and the star shows up at the end), 50 Cent is more or less in every scene of the show. I can't say if this is a good or bad thing, but it all adds up to a decent show in the end. Catch it before it's actually gone for good.

Question: Do you watch Keyshia Cole or 50 Cent's reality shows? What's your favorite reality show? What the hell is a "Man Down/Code 10"?

16 AverageComments™:

TalentedTenth said...
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TalentedTenth said...

i absolutely watch keyshia cole's show. probably the best reality show on TV if for nothing else than frankie and neffe. i enjoy watching reality shows because it helps me see that my life isn't as f-ed up as i think it is from time to time...clearly someone else's life is just as crazy.

and i don't think frankie ever really explained what "man down" meant, but you have to catch the episode where keyshia took the whole family to the islands to get the full definition of "code 10." frankie stood up and explained it the only way frankie can...pure comedy...i assume it's something frankie picked up during her years in the system.

the other thing that frankie and neffe say that kills me is "at the end of the day..." count how many times in an episode they say that!! LOL...it is clear in their minds everything happens at the end of the day instead of the beginning or middle!!

LadyLee said...

I don't care much for reality TV, but Keyshia's show is something I catch on occasion. I like how she's trying to get her family to have some semblance of looking like a family.

I think alot of young people can relate to it because they have families that are just as dysfunctional. Hell, I have an uncle is on that stuff and just as out the box as Frankie herself.

Almond Joy said...

AB -
Basically, Code 10/Man Down means whatever Frankie wants it to mean in any given situation....LOL

Other favs include "Are you serious right now!?" and "Absolutely not!"

TalentedTenth said...

^LOL...I forgot about those. But what about the episode when they (her and neffe) were outside that hotel and frankie talked about taking a drug test...that deep darth vadar voice she did had me hollering!! "If you don't believe me, we can go to the store right now and I'll take a mother f****** drug test!!!" Classic. I need to try that type of voice in the near future so people will take me seriously. LMAO!!

Nicole said...

I can't watch either of these shows. I think it's great that Keyshia is helping her family out, but I think BET is exploiting them. They spend the majority of the episodes arguing, cussing, and acting just plain old "ghetto." I heard 50's show was cancelled due to poor ratings. Are you sure it's still on.

The only reality shows I like are the home flipping ones and the Housewives series on Bravo. It never ceases to amaze me at how those woman have all that money and their children act like total brats. Plus it's the only reality show that puts whites in a somewhat negative light.

Keep watching all these black reality shows and there will be plenty more of them, with us looking like idiots.

cjames30082 said...

@AB
I am so ashamed for you. You agree that TEE VEE SUX. So you mean to tell my you find the worst of what's on TEE VEE. SHEESH

miss kate said...

that clip...I don't know if I've ever seen that much famewhoredom packed into 6 minutes...smh

Denise said...

I can't watch either of these shows. I think it's great that Keyshia is helping her family out, but I think BET is exploiting them...

Co-sign! KC should prolly help her famz from a distance.

I've never been a fan of Sir Fiddy.

BTW, what's the deal with MTV's "Man and Wife", with Shonda and her hoopin n' hollin' @ss hubby, Fatman Scoop? Their show was cute for all of 2 minutes. I don't know if MTV pulled the plug on them.

Denise said...

"Man Down/Code 10" sounds like corrections officer lingo.

AverageBro said...

@ Tal10th

Yeah, that "end of the day" thing kills me too. HOLLA!!!!!

@ LadyLee

Them folks are beyond dysfunctional. One thing I like about the show is that it seems comparatively 'real' as opposed to blatantly scripted. You couldn't make up a character like Frankie.

@ Almond Joy

Come on, I know you have a better definition than that. Didn't she explain this at some point?

Do you remember the scene/episode where she walked off singin' "..but it's over nooooow"? Man, I damn near choked with laughter.

@ Nicole

Yeah, all the flipping shows are great too. There's a new one called Renovation Realities on HGTV that's amazing.

@ CJames

This coming from a man who bought the College Hill box set...

@ MissKate

famewhoredom... or heroin. take your pick.

@ Denise

Man & Wife was just awful. I couldn't take 2 mins of that fat fella and all his rolls.

ebw-educated black woman said...

and I thought Man & Wife was a joke....R U serious? It was a real show?

deedee said...

HOLLA!! frankie and neffy and comic relief!!! love 'em and their oh-so-ghetto-isms.

that paint ball episode was hysterical- MAN DOWN!! CODE 10!! and frankie has re-coined the term "not a good look" LOL!!!!!!

and don't forget "absolutely NOT"

i may have to get the box set if it ever comes out.

Christopher said...

Is it wrong that I think she pulled the term from the Snoop Dogg skit played at the song "Akrite" by Dr. Dre?

(I don't know AverageBro's Polices well so I'll just ask you to Google it)

MissJay said...

That show is a trip! I started watching Brothers to Brutha but they cried and whined too much for me so I had to stop watching. Only time I'll catch it is if I'm waiting on Keyshia's family drama to come on. Sorry I could barely hear Frankie when she talked about what "man down, code 10" was.

VOD said...

Naw, never watched either of them. And just in case you didn't know, the plug has been pulled on 50's show due to low ratings.

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