for media researchChapter 5 - "The House"
About The Real World
seemingly when reality TV came together
created by Jon Murray, inspired by the Up series and An American Family
> he had a longtime collaborator, Mary-Ellis Burnim, and together they were trying to find a good show, which blended reality and drama
OTHER STUFF
The first season's cast definitely felt the weirdness of being very famous, but not having the money or security of other celebrities
Beyond The Real World Burnim/Murray would end up doing other shows, including Keeping Up with the Kardashians
FURTHER RESEARCH
- The Ben Stiller Show -- MTV comedy show, 1 season; also the opening episode has that guy from Odyssey?? who plays Tom, or Arnold or something? link
- Reality Bites movie that came out two years after debut of The Real World (satirized the show the same way Real Life satirized An American Family)
apparently though--the movie wasn't inspired by The Real World, but by OK Soda, a cola brand that had been cynically marketed to Gen X (Helen Childress wrote the screenplay in college)
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