This started off as a basic status on fb, but I figured this would be a better thing to put here—-
I came across season ten of the real world & this really needs to be analyzed on how this was a literal view of life in New York before September 11th,2001. This season covered: religion, sexism, classism, race, interracial relations, and politics in the first two episodes alone.
I started off analyzing the casting— with the most black people on one season to that point. Which lead to one of Dave Chappelle’s most referenced sketches of Chappelle Show. It was so accurate to the casting choices. The fish out the water storyline was truly messy on the production’s part—- Mike (the Miz, yeah the wrestler.) from some small city in Ohio where (as he said) ‘..there are only white people..’ and Rachel who Orland Park, IL.
Yall. This part is for the of town folks. If you’re not from the Chicago area—- listen. This is Orland Park late 90s early 2000s… they sent this girl from Orland Park which is wayyyyyyy more umm… snobby (yeah that’s what imma say) than it is now. They have her to live in New York. The girl said she never rode public transportation before. Well… basically, she struggled to adjust…. The housemates get her a fake ID and get her in a night club and she freaked out cause a guy she dances with finds her attractive and pushes up on her… this is filmed in early 2000, this is deemed acceptable… her roommates don’t really see her feeling overwhelmed with the situation. Rachel mainly struggled to find her voice through the season cause she always felt intimidated by her black female roommates (Coral and Nicole) & call them bullies when she gets checked for not being able to eat what she can chew…
Nicole goes on a date with a guy and things go smooth til he tells her he voted for Bush. Yeah, those keeping up so far— this is not too long after the shyt show of days past 2000 election… and my how far we have come.
If you haven’t figured, Nicole is one of the black house mates. And yeah, a black guy who voted for Bush in that election is just like a black person announcing they voted for Trump… twice… fukk I mean three times. 
Funny thing is… this is a time when Trump wasn’t known to be the political dikk head he is now. Just a dikk head with money, hotels, and was a status of wealth to many across many different paths. To me I always saw the Hollywood elites and the music industry use Trump as a higher level of success—- like you know you made it when you can put yourself on ‘Trump status.’ He’s even name dropped a lot through music, tv, & movies through the 80s, 90s, and well into the 2000s.
I’m on episode 10, air date September 4, 2001. One week to the day when the entire world would change. I guess when MTV reran episodes they put up a message to viewers saying they chose to air the reaming episodes as is to show the beautiful ambiance of New York.
What also happens in this episode is the cast is going to Morocco for their cast trip. The cast got the announcement for the trip and had hours to pack and get to the airport. All they had they were given was a bording pass. 45 minutes before take off the male roommates hadn’t even began to pack. They jokes about getting to the airport port at the last minute.
I’m am mind blown about the entire airport process that I have only seen in Home Alone cause we know you ain’t hopping out the car and skipping on no kind of plane—- ever. The entire airport thing had me literally sit up and pause everything to take it in.
Coral talks about her being Muslim and through the show she is seen wearing coral colored hijab both while in New York and also when in Morocco. While there are challenging moments that occur—- Coral presses a guy Adam about dressing like a Moroccan after he attempts to call her out for having her hair covered.
This is around where I’m at now… so I have to keep watching. But I just wanted to really just take a moment to analyze this season of the real world. It was literally the final chapter in normalcy. Nothing was the same.
I was only 11 when this aired and I can now watch this through the eyes of a millennial who lived through all of this and how I can identity with everything… even though this was life pre 9/11 I can understand everything these people of their 20s are going through. This is the final season of the real world before realitytv became what we have now. The only other reality tv show was Survivor (was that even airing at the time?)
I came across season ten of the real world & this really needs to be analyzed on how this was a literal view of life in New York before September 11th,2001. This season covered: religion, sexism, classism, race, interracial relations, and politics in the first two episodes alone.
I started off analyzing the casting— with the most black people on one season to that point. Which lead to one of Dave Chappelle’s most referenced sketches of Chappelle Show. It was so accurate to the casting choices. The fish out the water storyline was truly messy on the production’s part—- Mike (the Miz, yeah the wrestler.) from some small city in Ohio where (as he said) ‘..there are only white people..’ and Rachel who Orland Park, IL.
Yall. This part is for the of town folks. If you’re not from the Chicago area—- listen. This is Orland Park late 90s early 2000s… they sent this girl from Orland Park which is wayyyyyyy more umm… snobby (yeah that’s what imma say) than it is now. They have her to live in New York. The girl said she never rode public transportation before. Well… basically, she struggled to adjust…. The housemates get her a fake ID and get her in a night club and she freaked out cause a guy she dances with finds her attractive and pushes up on her… this is filmed in early 2000, this is deemed acceptable… her roommates don’t really see her feeling overwhelmed with the situation. Rachel mainly struggled to find her voice through the season cause she always felt intimidated by her black female roommates (Coral and Nicole) & call them bullies when she gets checked for not being able to eat what she can chew…
Nicole goes on a date with a guy and things go smooth til he tells her he voted for Bush. Yeah, those keeping up so far— this is not too long after the shyt show of days past 2000 election… and my how far we have come.
If you haven’t figured, Nicole is one of the black house mates. And yeah, a black guy who voted for Bush in that election is just like a black person announcing they voted for Trump… twice… fukk I mean three times. Funny thing is… this is a time when Trump wasn’t known to be the political dikk head he is now. Just a dikk head with money, hotels, and was a status of wealth to many across many different paths. To me I always saw the Hollywood elites and the music industry use Trump as a higher level of success—- like you know you made it when you can put yourself on ‘Trump status.’ He’s even name dropped a lot through music, tv, & movies through the 80s, 90s, and well into the 2000s.
I’m on episode 10, air date September 4, 2001. One week to the day when the entire world would change. I guess when MTV reran episodes they put up a message to viewers saying they chose to air the reaming episodes as is to show the beautiful ambiance of New York.
What also happens in this episode is the cast is going to Morocco for their cast trip. The cast got the announcement for the trip and had hours to pack and get to the airport. All they had they were given was a bording pass. 45 minutes before take off the male roommates hadn’t even began to pack. They jokes about getting to the airport port at the last minute.
I’m am mind blown about the entire airport process that I have only seen in Home Alone cause we know you ain’t hopping out the car and skipping on no kind of plane—- ever. The entire airport thing had me literally sit up and pause everything to take it in.
Coral talks about her being Muslim and through the show she is seen wearing coral colored hijab both while in New York and also when in Morocco. While there are challenging moments that occur—- Coral presses a guy Adam about dressing like a Moroccan after he attempts to call her out for having her hair covered.
This is around where I’m at now… so I have to keep watching. But I just wanted to really just take a moment to analyze this season of the real world. It was literally the final chapter in normalcy. Nothing was the same.
I was only 11 when this aired and I can now watch this through the eyes of a millennial who lived through all of this and how I can identity with everything… even though this was life pre 9/11 I can understand everything these people of their 20s are going through. This is the final season of the real world before realitytv became what we have now. The only other reality tv show was Survivor (was that even airing at the time?)
