The Real World: Back to New York
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| The Real World: Back to New York | |
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| Format | Reality show |
| Created by | Jonathan Murray, Mary-Ellis Bunim |
| Starring | Coral Smith Mike Mizanin Rachel Braband Lori Trespicio Nicole Jackson Malik Cooper Kevin Dunn |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | MTV |
| Original run | Summer 2001 – Fall 2001 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Real World: New Orleans |
| Followed by | The Real World: Chicago |
The Real World: Back to New York is the tenth season of MTV's popular reality television series The Real World, which focuses on seven diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. The Back to New York season first aired in 2001, with the cast living in a four-floor loft at 632 Hudson Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. As its title indicates, Back to New York was the first season of The Real World to take place in a city that had hosted a previous season, as the show's first season was set in New York in 1992. In 2008, another borough of the city would be used for The Real World: Brooklyn.[1]
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[edit] Season changes
This season of Real World along with Road Rules: The Quest was the first and only season to be preceded by a casting special in which 20 potential cast members spent time together for a week to see how they interacted. Among the goings-on during the special was conflict between Coral and Ellen (who would eventually be cast on The Quest).
[edit] Assignment
Every season of The Real World, beginning with its fifth season, has included the assignment of a season-long group job or task to the housemates. The Back to New York housemates were assigned jobs as receptionists for Arista Records during the day, and helped gain publicity for their up-and-coming bands at night. This was also the first season of the show in which a cast member would be ordered to leave the house and show if he or she were fired from the job.
[edit] Cast
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| Cast Member | Age1 | Hometown | Biography | RW/RR Challenges | |
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| Coral Smith | 21 | San Francisco, California | (b. January, 1979) Smith was a 21-year-old part-time student and nanny living in San Francisco when she decided on a whim to audition for The Real World and Road Rules.[2] She is offended at comments Mike made about African-Americans, and attempts to help him realize the extent of his ignorance and help educate himself. | Battle of the Seasons, The Gauntlet, The Inferno, Battle of the Sexes II, Fresh Meat, Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet III | |
| Kevin Dunn | None | ||||
| Nicole Jackson | None | ||||
| Rachel Braband | 18 | Orland Park, Illinois | (b. October 31, 1982) Rachel is an only child, raised by a single mom. She attended Hofstra University on Long Island. | The Gauntlet | |
| Mike Mizanin | 20 | Parma, Ohio | (b. October 8, 1980) Mike grew up as an only child with divorced parents in a predominantly white upper middle-class neighborhood in the suburbs of Cleveland. Dropped out of Miami University to appear on The Real World. He is the most care free of all of his castmates, but finds himself embroiled in debates and arguments with castmates Nicole and Coral over race. Has an angry and confrontational wrestling alter ego named "The Miz," which both annoys and amuses his fellow castmates. Currently, he is working as an American professional wrestler (as "The Miz") for World Wrestling Entertainment on its ECW brand, and is one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions.[3] | Battle of the Seasons, The Gauntlet, The Inferno, Battle of the Sexes II, The Inferno II | |
| Lori Trespicio | 22 | Roseland, New Jersey | (b. March 11, 1979) Lori is half-Filipino, half-Caucasian (her father is Filipino). Ranked #72 in Stuff Magazine's 2002 "102 Sexiest Women In The World". She Attended Boston College. She is 5' 2" tall. She now resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | Battle of the Sexes | |
| Malik Cooper | None |
Note 1: Age at the time of filming.
[edit] The residence
The cast lived in an 8,000 square foot, four story loft at 632 Hudson Street in Manhattan's West Village, just over a mile from the SoHo loft used in the filming of the first season. The building was built in 1847, and for forty years following World War II, housed a Spanish-style sausage factory called the Esteve Packing Corporation. The building was purchased in 1993/1994 for $450,000. The 5,000 square foot third and fourth floors, which included the Penthouse level and Roof Deck, were renovated for the series. The production equipment included fifteen video cameras, twenty-nine monitors, 142 studio lights, dozens of microphones, and a mile of cable. After completion of the season, the building was placed on the rental market for special events and short-term stays.[4]
[edit] Season highlights
- In the first episode, while out at breakfast, Coral was taken aback by the antiquated views on race that Mike related from a family member, including the idea that blacks are "slow". Mike tried to explain that these were merely things that he was told, but Coral and Malik were visibly offended. Malik tried to help Mike understand black culture by teaching him about things like Malcolm X. Nicole was also critical of bi-racial Malik, who wore a Marcus Garvey t-shirt, but dated white women, which she saw as a contradiction, since Garvey was against race mixing.
- Eighteen-year-old Rachel experienced her first brush with city life, and because of her inexperience, endured ridicule at times from her fellow castmates.
- Lori developed feelings for Kevin, but he did not reciprocate the feelings beyond friendship.
[edit] References
- ^ Sicha, Choire; "The Real World: Brooklyn. For Real." observer.com; May 13, 2008.
- ^ Aurthur, Kate; "Reality Stars Keep on Going and Going . . ." October 10, 2004
- ^ The Miz's bio wwe.com. World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved on 2008-03-28.
- ^ Hudson Street Loft at realworldhouses.com
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