My life can not go on. How can I continue to live when I realize that we pass stereotypical, trendy garbage off as respectable American television? My goal is not to rain on anyone's parade, but upon reviewing MTV's The Real World I felt sick to my stomach. This show is everything we don't want people to know about American youth This show portrays 18-23 year old young adults as emotional head cases. The Real World takes every stereotype a person could ever imagine and exploits it. If the show really wanted to show reality MTV would not edit it to turn it into a complete and total soap opera. The only thing real about MTV's The Real World is the REAL nice house these kids are living in for free because they got REAL lucky.

Opposite the belief of MTV, young adults do have problem solving skills and the ability to think rationally. After a while I found it a little ridiculous to see three separate people cry about three different things in one hour. . For those of you who aren't familiar with the show it is set up as follows. MTV's The Real World is a reality-based show about seven strangers who are made to live in a house together. MTV chooses contestants from comp

Did MTV ever want this show to be real? Maybe. There was a time when Jerry Springer wanted a real talk show, too. The ultimate mind changer was the obvious fact that drama brings ratings. When I say drama I mean debate, arguing, and clashing opinions. MTV's The Real World is a great idea, but the editors make it into a young adult soap opera with bad actors and even worse camera work. When the show first appeared in 1990, It was an experiment. No one knew how it would turn out, especially the houseguests. It grabbed America's attention with it's voyeuristic filming style and college kids who were just there for a free house. As you can see, the situation has changed on both sides of the camera. We never see the houseguests living their normal lives. The editing has gotten so obscene that every time you turn the show on someone is either crying or throwing something. The houseguests are in it for the wrong reasons and I think the audience is in it for the wrong reasons, as well. When the show first originated people watched it because they were interested to see how diverse people would survive in a house together for six months. At some point, we now want to see who will be the first person kicked off for not fitting into the group or who will be the first guest to throw a fist. We never experience these people with jobs, true love interests, or the problems of everyday people in that age group.

MTV's The Real World is not even close to reality. MTV shapes characters to fit into a certain mold that they know they want from the start. The show alienates blacks, homosexuals, and women for ratings and people continue to be intrigued year after year. How real is a life where you have a free car, a free house, and no job. If that's the real world then let me in because I'm pretty tired. The characters that you see on tape are not the same as the real life people. They have been shaped, molded, cut, and pasted to fit the MTV profile of interesting cast members. People my age do not always let their emotions run their lives as The Real

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