MTV’s newest half-hour reality program Promposal is about, obviously, “promposals” — over-the-top schemes orchestrated by high school students who want to invite their crushes to only the most important dance of their young adult lives.
Promposals are the sweetest irrational behavior you can find online — kids wearing their hearts on their sleeves and going really, really far out of their way to ask an easy question. The tradition of the promposal encourages creativity and sincerity, and it promises a fun brush with the whole internet’s attention. It’s where a bald-faced desire for 15 minutes of BuzzFeed fame meets the human urge to turn the world into a magical theme park for someone you have a crush on.
Or as the Promposal opening...
