‘The Two Coreys’ is a joke, right?I’d vaguely heard about A&E’s “reality” series The Two Coreys last year, and if I thought about it at all, it was to be reminded of a bit from an old episode of The Simpsons, in which Homer brings home some teen magazines for a bedridden and bored Lisa, and he’s obviously been unable to not look through them: “How many of these guys are named Corey?” he asks his daughter. “Five,” she responds dreamily. These two are not so dreamy these days: Corey Feldman and Corey Haim, best pals whose longtime friendship apparently fell apart in Season One of The Two Coreys. Now, we’re told, these two angry, bitter men are trying to mend it, and we’re about to get a “no-holds-barred,” “cinema verite” ringside seat at an interpersonal sideshow in which “nothing they say or do is off-limits to the cameras.” That’s right: Season Two debuts on A&E on Sunday, June 22, at 10pm Eastern. I had a chance to peek at the first two episodes, and this is either one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen, or else it’s trying be to funny and failing miserably. I’d like to think it’s all a joke, a giant put-on parody of bare-all celebrity confessionals (even if extending the word celebrity to the Coreys is a bit of a stretch) that goes all out in an attempt to see what, if anything, is a step too far. I wouldn’t find it funny, but I’d like to think it’s a joke because if it’s all for real, then this couldn’t be more pathetic. For then it means that these two guys genuinely are so deep in pain with themselves and with each other that they’re going to couples’ therapy in order to get past years of confusion and misunderstanding and betrayal, some of which stems from sexual abuse they apparently both endured as teenagers... and they’re doing it all out in public. Worse, if this is real, then they’re pimping their own pain as a way to keep their has-been selves in some kind of spotlight. And that would be way more wretched than anything Britney Spears has ever done. I realize that flaying oneself on national television is meant to be a fun time for all these days, but I don’t get it. Someone please tell me The Two Coreys is just a big scam to drum up advance word on The Lost Boys 2. Please. (Technorati tags: Two Coreys, Corey Feldman, Corey Haim) support
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posted by Peter (Fri Jun 20 08, 4:18PM)
According to Wikipedia "the actors play characters which are not meant to represent their real personas." So perhaps there's hope.
posted by Michael G. Munz (Fri Jun 20 08, 4:26PM)
The Two Coreys IS just a big scam to drum up advance word on Lost Boys 2...I hope. (I'm trying to be obliging, here.) :)
As a Simpsons nut, I feel it also my responsibility to point out that the number of guys named Corey is, in fact, "eight." Sad, indeed, that I know this...
posted by the rook (Fri Jun 20 08, 8:25PM)
sounds like an episode of robot chicken
posted by Jigsy Q. (Sat Jun 21 08, 12:54AM)
Yeah this show is a total fugazi. There's nothing remotely real about it other than the pain it inflicts on those who watch it. It's basically a sitcom, but instead of having professional writers write the jokes, Corey and Corey write the jokes. Caveat emptur.
posted by MaryAnn (Sat Jun 21 08, 12:10PM)
But there's nothing that could even remotely be taken as jokes. I mean, not even failed jokes.
posted by Jigsy Q. (Sun Jun 22 08, 11:15PM)
See, you're making the common mistake of assuming the Coreys think like the rest of us do. You need to quiet that part of your brain that reads and produces dignity and get in touch with your Corey mind.
posted by Rykker (Mon Jun 23 08, 3:32AM)
Seriously? A "reality" show centered about the two Coreys?
Um... Why?
Aw, shucky-dern -- it's too bad I was watching When We Left Earth; I missed the season opener.
I'm so deprived.
Thankfully.
posted by blarg (Mon Jun 23 08, 8:52PM)
you have to wonder, what with the oddity that was the feldman/jackson duo and all of the sexual abuse accusations against the king of creepy...
posted by Tonio Kruger (Tue Jun 24 08, 5:21PM)
All reality shows are a joke. ;-)
I wish that meant they were funny as well, but no, they aren't. Not even when they trying to be.