When you watch documentaries on Reality TV, there is one show that is consistently left out when discussing the shows that brought the genre into the mainstream. I’m talking about, of course, MTV’s The Real World, a show that started out as a grand social experiment to see how seven strangers of different backgrounds live together under one roof, and, for a while, was one of the more popular shows on the network. In its early years, The Real World was an insightful look into how people from different ends of life’s spectrum can co-exist. While it dissolved into a show that thrived more on drama than insight toward its end, one can’t help but look at all the reality shows on today’s TV landscape and not see The Real World’s massive influence*.* Seriously, would CBS’s Big Brother even be a hit today if it wasn’t for The Real World? I think not, and it’s oftentimes ignored in the conversation of great reality shows when it really shouldn’t. The truth of the matter is, this show deserves its proper respect for helping usher in the modern-day reality format; and in a time when we are more polarized by our differences than ever, now might be the best time to bring back that grand social experiment.
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The one that was never made !!! My slogan:
“See one vampire flick, seen 'em all”. There can’t be anything new under the sun for this genre ! Game over !!!
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I was expecting her on the movie. Too bad she wasn’t. Maybe in Doomsday?didn’t David Harbour hint at it? I thought he did.
This is perhaps the only actress that would convince me to not continue disliking Sara Linton. I absolutely don’t want her to come to the show.
Oh there bout to be some countin goin on.
Heartbreaking to see the legendary Tony Todd visibly ill with cancer. What an iconic actor.
Im waiting for Stitch to say “AHHH SHE’S TOUCHING ME”