in 1991 we got a call from mtv and they were toying with the idea of doing some kind of a scripted show about young people. they said it was like a mix between the big chill and the breakfast club. but ultimately decided the idea of a show with writers and actors would be too expensive for them. the real world, that s what this was supposed to be. so we essentially applied all the drama rules to documentary to get our, what we called at that time, a docusoap. this is the true story. true story. of seven strangers it was kind of a social experiment to watch what happens when you put these strangers together in a house. when people stop being polite and start getting real. do you sell drugs? why do you have a beeper? you hadn t seen anything like that on television, that kind of open, honest discussion of race. i can try as much as i can to try to deal with you, but ignorance is ignorance. stupidity is stupidity. and that s it. black white, green, purple, blue
violent is perfectly villainous. every heroes perfectly virtuous. but life, and history, which is reported life. is it like that and so we have to figure out a way to understand each other. the book is an attempt to do. that all of the films have attempted to do that. and nothing is ever achieved if you run away and put your head in the sand and don t confront the really tough stuff. it s so brilliant. it s so brilliantly said. no one is perfectly good, no one is perfectly evil. but there is a factor in this country that is demanding that, for instance, the founding fathers beeper to that s perfectly good. otherwise, they won t allow anything else to be taught in schools. if we assume that we re the most exceptional country on earth, why wouldn t we be harder on ourselves than anything? and it s not harder. it s just too. you want to look at this fact, the guy who articulated to still a century of enlightenment thinking, into one sentence we hold these truths to be self evident tha
do you sell drugs? why do you have a beeper? you hadn t seen anything like that on television, that kind of open, honest discussion of race. i can try as much as i can to try to deal with you, but ignorance is ignorance. stupidity is stupidity. and that s it. black white, green, purple, blue, whatever. the real world becomes this big bang moment for reality tv. the idea is that, oh my god, all we have to do is take cameras and put them on people and we ll get great stuff. you had in the next season in l.a. a young woman who gets an abortion, and the camera literally goes right up to the doctor s door. give me a hug. by the third season in san francisco, you have a young man who is dealing with aids. i m hiv positive. when he told me he was hiv positive, it was just like no, not him. i like this guy and i don t want him to have to suffer. it was such a triumph that pedro had the courage at his age to come out as someone with aids. in my small gay community on
and start getting real. do you sell drugs? why do you have a beeper? you hadn t seen anything like that on television, that kind of open, honest discussion of race. i can try as much as i can to try to deal with you, but ignorance is ignorance. stupidity is stupidity. and that s it. black white, green, purple, blue, whatever. the real world becomes this big bang moment for reality tv. the idea is that, oh my god, all we have to do is take cameras and put them on people and we ll get great stuff. you had in the next season in l.a. a young woman who gets an abortion, and the camera literally goes right up to the doctor s door. give me a hug. by the third season in san francisco, you have a young man who is dealing with aids. i m hiv positive. when he told me he was hiv positive, it was just like no, not him. i like this guy and i don t want him to have to suffer. it was such a triumph that pedro had the courage at his age to come out as someone with
called at that time a docusate. this is the true story. true story. seven strangers. a kind of socialist vermin to watch what happens when you put these things together in a house, when people stop being polite and start getting real. do you sell drugs? why do you have a beeper? you hadn t seen anything like that on television, kind of open, honest discussion of race. i can try as much as i can try to deal with you, ignorance is ignorance, stupidity is stupidity, and that s it, like, white, green, purple, blue, whatever. the real world becomes this kind of big moment for reality tv, where the idea is that oh my god, all we have to do is just take cameras and put them on people and we ll get great stuff. you had in the next season in l.a., a young woman who gets an abortion and the camera literally goes right up to the doctor s door. by the third season in san francisco, you have a young man who is dealing with aids. i m hiv-positive. pedro told me he was hiv- positi