Terrence Clay
2022-06-09 07:06:23 UTC
https://variety.com/2022/tv/columns/real-world-homecoming-new-orleans-1235286804/
The third season of Paramount+'s The Real World reunion series' format perfectly suited "a cast whose web of connections tended to exist somewhere between utter fracture and benevolent neglect," says Daniel D'Addario, adding. "It’s, as intended, a 'why don’t they make the whole plane out of the black box' treatment of the concept of the reality-show reunion episode, generating weeks worth of incident and drama out of shared recollections and misconceptions. Beyond that, too, it is a compelling examination of our ability to change — and our tendency to get stuck in ruts. It takes the extraordinary experiences of its seven cast members, living in decades in a painful post-fame, and draws out unsettling, unanswerable questions about what it means to grow up, or to resist it."
The third season of Paramount+'s The Real World reunion series' format perfectly suited "a cast whose web of connections tended to exist somewhere between utter fracture and benevolent neglect," says Daniel D'Addario, adding. "It’s, as intended, a 'why don’t they make the whole plane out of the black box' treatment of the concept of the reality-show reunion episode, generating weeks worth of incident and drama out of shared recollections and misconceptions. Beyond that, too, it is a compelling examination of our ability to change — and our tendency to get stuck in ruts. It takes the extraordinary experiences of its seven cast members, living in decades in a painful post-fame, and draws out unsettling, unanswerable questions about what it means to grow up, or to resist it."