A new spin-off may replace the tan, engorged fist-pumpers of “Jersey Shore” for shamrock tattooed and pale “Southies” in a reality show that exploits “Bahston” as a stomping ground for mischief and mayhem, titled “The Real Beantown.”
BaDaddy Productions has opened an online casting call for stereotypical Bostonians who work hard and “drink harder” for a Boston spin-off of MTV’s reality program, “Jersey Shore.”
The casting call is reaching out to residents from Charlestown, Dorchester and South Boston, who the website considers “real” Bostonians as opposed to the “yuppies” in Back Bay, the South End and Beacon Hill, according to the show’s casting site.
The focus of the television show, according to the website, is on a group of 21-and-older residents who enjoy exploiting the city’s resources to bar hop, cause riots and cheer on the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox.
Questions on the casting application range from “What is your neighborhood all about,” to “BRAG! What are your best assets” and “What do you think of all the ‘yuppies’ in Boston (and especially those who go to Southie)?”
The perfect candidate, the website said, has “friends that would throw fists for you, bartenders that would pound fifths with you and a body that has everyone jealous of you.”
Steven Rinaldi, a Boston University College of General Studies sophomore and resident of East Boston, heard rumors about the reality show and said that it would be “degrading” for those who grew up in Boston’s neighborhoods— but offered casting suggests anyway.
“It would be a Southie kid with red hair who just wants to fight everyone and drink,” he said. “They’ll just give it to someone who looks like the Boston kid and has an accent.”
David Imani, a College of Communication freshman, said that his idea of a “Real Beantown” castmate would be the archetype of Boston— “an angry alcoholic.”
“You have to include the drunk Red Sox fans, the angry drivers, college kids and super brilliant – but alcoholic – frat boys,” he said.
The Beantown version of Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi, Imani said, would “be the stupid one that somehow got into Harvard, but can’t even do basic algebra.”
It is unclear, however, if BaDaddy Productions or MTV are casting anyone, as neither company has publicly stated that they are making the series. BaDaddy Productions also lacks a website, does not yield results on search engines and has only one “like” on their Facebook page.
The casting website, TheRealBeantownCasting.com, misspells the names of neighborhoods and does not provide any contact information, yet it requests detailed information from applicants as well as a home video.
In Austin, Texas, a similar website with a casting call for an Austin version of Jersey Shore, is linked to BaDaddy Productions and is registered under the name Steven Kiefer.
According to the Internet Movie Database, Kiefer is a casting editor who has worked on several television series, including “Paris Hilton’s My New BFF.”
Despite uncertainty over whether the show will air, BU students said that they would follow “The Real Beantown” if released.
“It’s just funny to watch a—holes be a—holes,” Rinaldi said. “If you gave me $2 million per show, I’d act like an a—hole too.”
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