Utahns in "The Real World": Episode 2

Here’s what we learned about the two Utahns on “The Real World: Brooklyn” this week:

–Baya Voce-Hoffman, 21, is a very nice young woman who is very accepting of others. Like when she barely flinched and expressed her support to Katelyn when Katelyn came out to her about being transgendered.

–Baya really, really wants to be a dancer. It’s “something I’m passionate about,” but she seems to be lacking somewhat in the confidence department. Like when she auditions for the Hip Hop Dance Conservatory.

“I really don’t think I have a chance in hell of making it,” Baya says. And she doesn’t “appreciate the intimidation factor” at the auditions.

When she’s accepted to the program, she turns them down.

“I love hip hop,” Baya says. “But being there six days a week, I think I would fall out of love with it,”

–Chet is kind of a sophomoric jerk at times. He and Ryan think their stupid practical jokes are a lot funnier than they really are, and he can’t understand why others don’t think he’s as funny as he thinks he is.

Sample dialogue: “Oh my gosh, it’s a prank, dude,” Chet says. And, “Dude, you need to quit being so sensitive.”

–Chet remains obsessed with sex. He goes on and on about the, um, protection that J.D. has and insists on, um, asking questions about J.D.’s extremely personal issues.

“C’mon J.D., we’re roommates,” he says.

“Yeah, but we’re not boyfriends,” J.D. counters.

–Lots of people still think Chet is gay. Even though he insists he’s not. Repeatedly. And continues to dress like, well, he might be. Even wearing eyeliner to a gay club.

“Oh my gosh! I’m going to get hit on by gay people,” Chet says.

–Chet’s visiting mom, Sally, is funny, albeit somewhat inadvertently. Like when she’s unhappy to discover that Chet wore eyeliner when he went to a gay club.

“Whose eyeliner were you wearing? Did you take some of mine?” Sally asks.

–Chet got kicked out of his University of Utah fraternity for lighting somebody’s hair on fire.

–Chet’s mom has no more gaydar than Chet does. She’s surprised when she learns that J.D. is gay. And, while she expresses some stereotypes, at least they’re nice stereotypes:

“Well that’s why he’s so nice. Well, like, nurturing, you know?” Sally says of J.D.

But she really is accepting, even asking J.D. to look out for Chet. “I wish my mother was like that,” J.D. says.

–Chet doesn’t recognize when someone is clearly drunk. Or that it’s never a good idea to argue with someone when they’re clearly drunk. Which he does with J.D., at one point challenging him to a fight.

And the fun continues next week . . .