On The Real World Homecoming: New York (not a recap)

Alexandra Richmond
9 min readApr 3, 2021

Hey! Let’s get the band back together and put on a show! Now, more than ever, we really need it! It’s a global pandemic after all, and we ain’t getting any younger. So, for six days, MTV was able to assemble the original cast of the Real World to reunite and be filmed for six days in (surprise!) the original loft they filmed in back in 1992, thirty fucking years ago. They are all in their 40s and 50s now, and were absolute infants then, ages 19 and up. Heather B snuck in her cat, and Norman snuck in his giant dog. They were kids! People were into social issues! They…

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Alexandra Richmond

Writer, photographer, student in Austin, Texas. Former contributor to many publications a long time ago