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''Real World'' (formerly known as ''The Real World'' from 1992 to 2013) is a reality television program on MTV originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. First broadcast in 1992, the show, which was inspired by the 1973 PBS documentary series ''An American Family'', is the longest-running program in MTV history〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''The Real World: Hollywood''; Press Release from MTV.com )〕 and one of the longest-running reality series in history, credited with launching the modern reality TV genre.〔Gorman, Bill. ("MTV’s ‘The Real World’ Is Turning 25 And Returning To Sin City As Seven Roommates Take Over Hard Rock Hotel & Casino In March 2011" ) TV By the Numbers; September 17, 2010〕 Seven to eight young adults are picked to temporarily live in a new city together in one residence while being filmed non-stop. The series was hailed in its early years for depicting issues of contemporary young-adulthood relevant to its core audience, such as sex, prejudice, religion, abortion, illness, sexuality, AIDS, death, politics, and substance abuse, but later garnered a reputation as a showcase for immaturity and irresponsible behavior of the declining morals of contemporary youth.〔Thompson, Richard. ("Real World New Orleans: Toothbrush-as-toilet scrubber sickens housemate, triggers police action" ) Nola.com; March 21, 2010〕 Following Bunim's death from breast cancer in 2004, Bunim/Murray Productions continues to produce the program. The 30th and most recent season, set in Chicago, premiered on December 16, 2014, and concluded its first run on March 10, 2015. An upcoming 31st season, which will be set in Las Vegas, Nevada, is slated to start production in October 2015.〔("The Real World: Las Vegas (2015)" ). Vevmo. September 15, 2015〕 The series has generated two notable related series, both broadcast by MTV: ''Road Rules'', a sister show, which lasted for 14 seasons (1995–2007), and the ongoing spin-off reality game show ''The Challenge'', which has run for 27 seasons since 1998. ==History== ''The Real World'' was inspired by the 1973 PBS documentary series ''An American Family''.〔Roberts, Michael (March 14, 1996). ("The Unreal World" ). ''Denver Westword''.〕 It focuses on the lives of a group of strangers〔Each cast consisted of seven cast members, except for the twenty-first through the twenty-fourth seasons, which featured eight. In addition, replacement cast members are sometimes brought in when a member of a season's original cast leaves the show prior to its conclusion.〕 who audition to live together in a house for several months, as cameras record their interpersonal relationships. The show moves to a different city each season. The footage shot during the housemates’ time together was edited into 22-minute episodes for the first 19 seasons, and into 44-minute episodes beginning with ''The Real World: Hollywood'', the series' 20th season. The narration given over the opening title sequence by the seven housemates states some variation of the following: ''The Real World'' was originally inspired by the popularity of youth-oriented shows of the 1990s like ''Beverly Hills 90210'' and ''Melrose Place''. Bunim and Murray initially considered developing a scripted series in a similar vein, but quickly decided that the cost of paying writers, actors, costume designers, and make-up artists was too high.〔Blake, Meredith (June 6, 2011). ("This is the True Story..." ). The A.V. Club.〕 Bunim and Murray decided against this idea, and at the last minute, pulled the concept (and the cast) before it became the first season of the show. Tracy Grandstaff, one of the original seven picked for what has come to be known as "Season 0", went on to minor fame as the voice of the animated ''Beavis and Butt-head'' character Daria Morgendorffer, who eventually got her own spinoff, ''Daria''. Dutch TV producer Erik Latour claims that the ideas for ''The Real World'' were directly derived from his television show ''Nummer 28'', which aired in 1991 on Dutch television.〔Van den Boogaard, Raymond (September 28, 1996 ). ("Zeven werklozen samen op zoek naar een baan" ). NRC Handelsblad. (Dutch).〕 Bunim/Murray decided upon the cheaper idea of casting a bunch of "regular people" to live in an apartment and taping their day-to-day lives, believing seven diverse people would have enough of a basis upon which to interact without scripts. The production converted a massive, 4000-square-foot duplex in Soho, cast seven cast members from 500 applicants, paid them $2,600 for their time on the show. The cast lived in the loft from February 16 to May 18, 1992. The series premiered three days later, on May 21, 1992.〔 At the time of its initial airing, reviews of the show were mostly negative. Matt Roush, writing in ''USA Today'', characterized the show as "painfully bogus," and a cynical and exploitative new low in television, commenting, "Watching The Real World, which fails as documentary (too phony) and as entertainment (too dull), it's hard to tell who's using who more." ''The Washington Post''s Tom Shales commented, "Ah to be young, cute, and stupid, and to have too much free time...Such is the lot facing the wayward wastrels of The Real World, something new in excruciating torture from the busy minds at MTV." Shales also remarked upon the cast members’ creative career choices, saying, "You might want to think about getting a real job."〔 Nonetheless, the series was a hit with viewers. One early sign of the show’s popularity occurred on the October 2, 1993 episode of the sketch comedy show, ''Saturday Night Live'', which parodied the second-season Los Angeles cast's recurring arguments over cliquism, prejudice and political differences.〔("Shannen Doherty/Cypress Hill" ). TV.com. Retrieved November 7, 2011.〕〔''The Real World Diaries''. 1996. Pocket Books. Page 5 Introduction by Mary Ellis-Bunim and Jon Murray.〕 The show also gained widespread attention with its third season, ''The Real World: San Francisco'', which aired in 1994, and depicted the conflict between David "Puck" Rainey, a bicycle messenger criticized for his poor personal hygiene,〔''The Real World Diaries''. Page 131〕〔Fretts, Bruce. (July 21, 1995). ("The British Invasion The ''Real World'' returns for fourth season – The MTV hit invades London" ). Entertainment Weekly. Page 1 of 4〕 and his roommates, most notably AIDS activist Pedro Zamora. As the show increased in popularity, Zamora’s life as someone living with AIDS gained considerable notice, garnering widespread media attention. Zamora was one of the first openly gay men with AIDS to be portrayed in popular media,〔Heigl, Alex. ("Twelve Crucial Moments in the Evolution of MTV" ). Nerve. August 2011.〕 and after his death on November 11, 1994 (mere hours after the final episode of his season aired), he was lauded by then-President Bill Clinton. Zamora’s friend and roommate during the show, Judd Winick, went on to become a successful comic book writer, and wrote the Eisner Award-nominated graphic novel ''Pedro and Me'', about his friendship with Zamora, as well as high-profile〔Winick appeared on Phil Donahue's MSNBC program to discuss his gay-related storylines on August 15, 2002. (Source )〕 and controversial storylines in mainstream superhero comics that featured gay and AIDS-related themes. Zamora's conflicts with Rainey were not only considered emotional high points for that season,〔 but are credited with making ''The Real World'' a hit show, and with proving that the infant "reality" television format was one that could bring considerable ratings to a network.〔Webley, Kayla. ("32 Epic Moments in Reality-TV History: 7. The Real World: Puck vs. Pedro" ). ''Time'' magazine. Retrieved April 9, 2011.〕 By July 1995, the series surpassed ''Beavis and Butt-head'' as the network's top-rated show during the fourth season, ''The Real World: London''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Real World (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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