What happens when people stop being polite and start getting real? Reality TV drama that is groundbreaking, eye-opening, and often uncomfortable. MTV’s The Real World became a cultural phenomenon when it launched 30 years ago, on May 21, 1992. And viewers watched transfixed as various housemates navigated love and independence on the show, while contending with illness, addiction, bigotry, and violence. With The Real World’s 30th anniversary upon us — and as The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans releases new episodes on Paramount+ — revisit major moments from the seminal reality show below. Julie and Kevin fight about racism in The Real World: New York In what Kevin Powell later called “the most famous argument in American TV history on race and racism,” he and Julie Gentry debated racial bias on the streets of Soho, with Julie claiming that racism is everywhere only because of people like him. “Get off the white-black thing,...
- 5/21/2022
- TV Insider
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