20 Years Ago Today...
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Mark Jeffries
May 21, 2012, 11:52:50 AM5/21/12
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MTV viewers saw for the first time the true story of seven strangers picked to live in a house and have their lives taped and found out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real: "The Real World"--television and MTV haven't been the same since--Andy Denhart's tribute:
M-D November
May 21, 2012, 1:25:30 PM5/21/12
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I gave up on the show ages ago, but I remember that first season vividly - 7 people living and working in New York. Roommate disagreements. The apartment as a huge, sparsely IKEA-furnished space without much character. Much less obvious interference from producers (girls' trip to the Bahamas not withstanding). As an aspiring actor, I pictured my eventual life in NYC to be pretty similar to what I was seeing on the screen. I wish there were some way for "The Real World" to recapture some of the raw, almost unfinished quality it had that first season, but alas, MTV has a demographic to satisfy, and they expect lavish houses, stereotype housemates and drunken debauchery on a weekly basis. No one wants to see actual human interaction anymore.
chi...@nc.rr.com
May 21, 2012, 3:59:07 PM5/21/12
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I think Jason Segel put it best in character on HIMYM...
"It's this inconsiderate, immature jackassery that makes me feel like I'm living in The Real World House! And not the early days when they all had jobs and social consciences, I'm talking about Hawaii, and after!"
Basically riveting television when it started, but a quick fix for attention mavens who were looking for their 15.
~D
"It's this inconsiderate, immature jackassery that makes me feel like I'm living in The Real World House! And not the early days when they all had jobs and social consciences, I'm talking about Hawaii, and after!"
Basically riveting television when it started, but a quick fix for attention mavens who were looking for their 15.
~D
chi...@nc.rr.com
May 21, 2012, 4:02:06 PM5/21/12
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I think Jason Segel put it best in character on HIMYM...
"It's this inconsiderate, immature jackassery that makes me feel like I'm living in The Real World House! And not the early days when they all had jobs and social consciences, I'm talking about Hawaii, and after!"
Basically riveting television when it started, but a quick fix for attention mavens who were looking for their 15.
~D
---- M-D November <mdnov...@gmail.com> wrote:
"It's this inconsiderate, immature jackassery that makes me feel like I'm living in The Real World House! And not the early days when they all had jobs and social consciences, I'm talking about Hawaii, and after!"
Basically riveting television when it started, but a quick fix for attention mavens who were looking for their 15.
~D
---- M-D November <mdnov...@gmail.com> wrote:
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