rant · moment 8 of 26
Netflix's '20-Somethings Austin' Ripoff
from #280 - Nervous Neurotic Animal | The Tim Dillon Show · #280
3 min
Tim describes bingeing a Real World-style Netflix show about people moving to Austin to reinvent themselves as gay, models, or comedians, and finds it both nauseating and compelling.
- Tim describes Netflix's '20-Somethings Austin' as a show designed to make him physically ill while giving him more pleasure than he knew possible.
- The show is a Real World ripoff where Netflix moved four women and four men into two Airbnbs in a gentrifying area of Austin.
- One cast member moved to Austin to learn how to be gay after coming out late; another moved to do stand-up comedy that isn't funny.
- The entire show revolves around people drinking alcohol because that's the only thing to do in Austin, interspersed with failed job searches and dating.
- Tim argues the show is painfully sad because Austin itself is a lie, and the people falling for it are impossible to pity.
- Watching cast members slowly become the type of person who likes Austin—a drunken loser—is the only feeling the show generates.