The Real World OG Norman Korpi Reflects on the Reality TV Trail He Blazed

The Real World OG Norman Korpi Reflects on the Reality TV Trail He Blazed

Esquire-Entertainment·2021-04-09 05:00

The Real World: Homecoming is, you have to trust me here, must-see television. It’s a reunion of the original seven season-one strangers of MTV’s The Real World, now hovering around fifty and sent back to the iconic Soho loft where they redefined television drama twenty-nine years ago. And while it began as the pleasant diversion you would imagine it to be– a meditation on middle age, a nostalgic catch-up with long-lost friends you’ve never actually met–it has quickly become Culturally Important. Kevin’s words from 1992, his patient explanations of his lived experience which got him labeled an angry Black man, are now the accepted truth of the Black male experience, while Becky, with whom he sparred in season one, still refuses to acknowledge her own privilege. Meanwhile, innocent Julie has emerged as a kick-ass anti-racist, Heather is on-air all day long at SiriusXM, Andre is a cool dad in Echo Park, and Eric is a natural healer who has nevertheless contracted Covid-19 and has to attend the reunion via FaceTime from a nearby hotel. It is wild.

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