The Real World

I’ve been watching THE REAL WORLD this week. I don’t know why or how it happened, but it’s happening. Maybe I wanted to escape the real world of the present and experience the real world of 1994 for a moment? I turned to Google to see which seasons were the best, and found some consensus around Season 3, and then I dove right in. Straight off the bat, I found the show extremely powerful. The season follows seven young strangers who move in together in San Francisco, including Pedro Zamora, who was the first person openly living with HIV and AIDS to be on television. What’s so powerful is how these roommates are forced to learn to understand each other and work through their struggles together. I’m still making my way through the season but I recommend it to anyone who feels like they might be looking to jump into a 90s reality show. 

—Darlene Kenney, Marketing Assistant