Not Your Typical High School Drama; MTV's New Show "Faking It" Promises Real Steamy and Enjoyable Teen Lesbian Drama, Funny Antics, Excessive Profanity and More [Videos]
MTV's TV shows are anything but typical. To be added to this roster of non-typical shows is the newest teen drama "Faking It" by Carter Covington. The story centers around two teenage girls who wanted to become popular and did it in one of the most unconventional methods out there (at least we think it is still quite unconventional), by pretending to be lesbians who still have to show others how much they love each other. While the storyline is a shocker enough, the show's sneak peeks and trailers are doing nothing to abate the shock value. The trailers allows viewers a gist of what the new show is set to offer, especially since the premier episode is tonight, April 22, at 10:30 PM EST.
The trailers shows that in a school where the gays rule, Amy and Karma are often misconstrued as lesbians. Instead of proving otherwise, they decided that they should just run with it, especially since the label is doing something good for them to become at least visible in the school. However, they went beyond 'running with it' into running for homecoming queens. They are persuaded to do so with a popular kid, Shane, a gay himself.
They keep up the charade of being in love with each other, out and proud up until they were going to be busted for "faking it". However, before being outed as fakers, they give each other a big kiss in front of the whole school just to prove their identities.
However, while Karma was happy that they were not outed as fakers and about their newfound popularity, Amy is left confused about having actual feelings for her best friend and pretend lover. The show becomes interesting even more with this storyline.
Just a trailer and you can already see what the show promises: teen drama, angst, lesbian drama, steamy kisses and many more.
The show stars newcomers Rita Volk and Katie Stevens. Asked what she felt about the kiss, Stevens actually gushed about the experience. "It was six or seven seconds," Stevens gushed about kissing her co-star. "We held it a while. Ask anyone in the cast."
The show is not without criticisms, not just from conservative viewers but from the LGBT community itself. The community claims that the show makes a mockery of their relationships. But this is why Carter Covington decided to put in a little twist or else he would have turned down the project. After all, he is gay himself and would not want a high school drama to mock the community. Carter Covington, best known for his work on "Glee" and "10 Things I Hate About You," was even hesitant about joining the show at first in fear that viewers might get the wrong idea and think that Amy and Karma devised their plan just to get the attention of the boys and then think all lesbians are like that. Therefore, he tweaked the plot and made Amy's feelings for Karma more complex, and is now quite vocal about how promising the show is.
"I said, if I tried this, I really wanted one of the girls to have genuine feelings for her best friend, and to explore what that feels like," he told TIME. "My hope is that the MTV audience will watch this and find it funny but also be like, we're just now getting a show like this?"
Season one of the show promises to be filled with a bunch of that MTV drama that fans have grown accustomed to. There's a love triangle with the typical handsome heartthrob, a super conservative step sister who tries to sabotage their plans and the typical and yet lingering questions about sexuality and love, which never really resolve themselves even if we graduate from high school. Brace yourself though because the show also uses lot of the F-word, even though they are going to be bleeped (Why it was deemed necessary if it's going to be bleeped, who knows?)
The first episode premieres Tuesday, April 22 on MTV at 10:30 p.m. EST. Below are some videos of the show: