Life According to MTV - Undressed is not a television show you watch for its realistic plotlines. However, the verisimilitude of two developing stories struck me. I don't expect these stories to live up to their lifelike premises. True to its soap-operatic nature, Undressed sorts everything out in four or five neat mini-episodes. But it should still be fun to watch:

In the "high school" segment, Amy falls for Jodi, her castmate in Romeo & Juliet. Jodi is willing to play around but rejects Amy's attempts to make it a more meaningful relationship. Embittered, Amy tells Jodi "you just won't accept who you really are," but Jodi, who seems to enjoy the attentions of boys at least as much as Amy's affections, explains that being a lesbian just doesn't fit into her Hollywood-bound future. Ah, the trouble those heteroflexible women can cause!

For the boys, there's the "post-college" story of the meek gayboy Barry who runs into his old high school tormenter Fred, who later became captain of the college football team and BMOC. The plot plays on the secret attraction Barry always had for the jock, even as the jerk would pin him up against the lockerroom wall or call him "queer" and "faggot" to get a laugh from teammates. After unsuccessfully trying to avoid his harrasser, Barry gets cornered and cringes at an expected attack when -- surprise, surprise -- Fred, who doesn't recognize Barry, ends up hitting on him instead. A gay basher is actually gay? A geek with a crush on his jock enemy? Who'd've thunk it?