Real World: New Orleans Episode One Filled With Drama

MTV has started a new season – the 24th – of its reality TV series The Real World. This season takes us back to New Orleans, just in time for the city’s greatest celebration, Mardi Gras.

The recipe is simple: take eight youngsters, aged around 20, and let them discover themselves and each other during the episodes of the show. Let’s see who do we have this season.

Ryan Knight is a youngster from Wisconsin, recovering from a prescription pain medication addiction. Jemmye Carroll is an atypical Southern girl from Mississippi. Preston Roberson-Charles, who thinks Jemmye has a stripper look, definitely. McKenzie Coburn, the resident girl, who blacks out easily when drinking. Ashlee Feldman from Boston with her Angelina Jolie lips. Eric Patrick, working for the State Department in foreign relations and being a comedian at the same time. Sahar Dika, from Dearborne, who has grown up in an Arab community and who Eric has a crush on. And last, but not least, Ryan Leslie, who is a hairdresser from Arizona and has an emotional over-active personality.

These eight youngsters with eight distinct personalities are moved into their new home (for the time being at last) in Uptown New Orleans. The moving-in was easy, though McKenzie had a problem with sharing a room with a male, the welcome drinks were drank, the unpacking has been done and the crew has left for their first adventure together on Bourbon Street. The evening started at the Tropical Isle Beach Club but it slowly turned into a night of booze at the Oz, a world-famous gay club in New Orleans. Preston was surely delighted, he is proud of his homosexuality. But he was refused by Ryan, who is a proud straight guy, disgusted by the advances of another man. He acted quite homophobic while trying to rub off the “smooch” of his neck. Later Ryan has continued to be nervous, even at home where he called Jammye “trailer trash”. He later apologized, and shared a smoke with Preston on the porch.

Interesting idea: collect eight different personalities and make them live together in a strange environment. An interesting season started with an interesting first episode.

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