Back from commecial break, cue fade in...rolling!

I watched the Real World Brooklyn finale last night, and you know what? This season had it's petty fights pathetic squabbles, and twists and turns, but as it turns out so does LIFE. MTV actually nailed it with this one. It gave us actual people, not mannequins, that had real issues. Not just the transgender, which was pretty ground-breaking, but with Ryan being thrown back into the fray in Iraq, Chet's being from the Mormon state and his quest to be something big. They weren't wannabe models (except for Scott), looking to hook up with anything that has two legs and a crotch, these were people you would see walking down the street or in a bar. They fought, they made up, they didn't all end up as friends. I've lived in a lot of places with a lot of people and know that's what roommate life is. You don't always walk away thinking "I'm going to keep in touch with that person FOREVER."
It also got me to thinking "When was the last time the 'Real World' was real?" In my opinion, take it or leave it, it was New York. I had the opportunity to visit NY last year and was blown away. Something about that city just brings out everything in humanity. The best, the worst, everything that is human. And it seems that with it's return there, MTV has once again captured what it is to be "real."