Back in the days of my youth (haha i still consider myself a youth... maybe i should say my childhood?) i was a huge fan of the real world. That was until maybe the seattle or boston season. Then it just turned into a big drunk show with no personalities that really stood out in a way that made me want to learn more about the characters and care about them. Not that any season of the real world was ever free of drunkeness and sex. But some part of the show just lost what i had found made it genuine....
However when they re-showed the old school season one new york i loved every minute of it. It was just so interesting to see these peoples real and sometimes brutal opinions regarding people who come from cultures they had never been exposed to before.
Culture has always interested me. I have been fortunate enough to both live in cultures with a both a diverse population as well as an analogous population. Personally... it is interesting just to come to realize that people no matter how similiar they are are different. On the other hand some people can be sooo different that they really are the same... i think i'm off topic and rambling.
Anways, back to real world... this season i became interested again due to hearing about the transgendered women being casted on the show. Within the first 10 or so minutes i find out she recently went to thialand to have the surgery done. In addition there are a wealth of other characters who have multiple backgrounds from all over the country. Actually it includes two individuals from Salt Lake City, one a mormon who has a personality like i have ever seen before and another a hip hop dancer.
You get the point... i think... i'm just so impressed by MTV (shocking...). In a time where every channel (especially MTV) has been making more and more successful reality shows which are based somewhat on scripted plots or wanna be famous people, they have finally gone back to their roots. At least with the original product.
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