The Real World: Miami is the fifth season of MTV's reality television series The Real World , which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow and document their lives and interpersonal relationships. The season was filmed in Miami Beach, Florida, and first aired in 1996. The Real World: Miami was the first season filmed in the United States outside of New York and California, and the first of two seasons to be filmed in South Florida, the second of which was The Real World: Key West , which followed in 2006.
Season changes
This was the first season in which the housemates were given a season-long assignment or task, an aspect of the series that would continue in almost all subsequent seasons (the Brooklyn season dispensed with it). This season the cast was given $50,000 startup money to begin a business of their choosing. The cast's efforts were marked by much disorganization and conflict, and while ideas such as a dessert delivery service and a fashion line were floated about, they were ultimately not able to start the business.
The residence
The house is located at 445 E Rivo Alto Dr, in Miami Beach, just north of the Venetian Causeway on affluent Rivo Alto Island. The four bedroom, three bathroom house is on 3 ⁄ 10 acres (1,214 m 2 ) of land, and is 4,976 square feet (462.3 m 2 ). Its current owner is former Ford CEO Jacques Nasser.
Cast
Season highlights
One heated moment during the season was a fight between Dan and Melissa. Melissa opens an envelope that had two slides from the movie The Birdcage that Dan needed for work. Dan is angry that Melissa opened an envelope that obviously wasn't hers. (It was later revealed that Dan's mother learned he was gay by reading a letter sent to him). Dan yells at Melissa and calls her a "stupid bitch". Melissa explodes at him and screams to not ever call her that, referring to him as a "flamer." The next day they talk, and Melissa tearfully admits that her anger comes from a verbally abusive father, and she hated seeing her father in herself. They both apologize for their actions and agree to talk to each other if they need help.
When Sarah and her friends join Melissa and Flora for dinner at a restaurant, Melissa questions if Sarah's friends could be able to afford dinner there. This is upsetting to Sarah because, as she explains, her friends all have jobs, while Melissa does not. Sarah's friends, wanting to show up Melissa, pay for the entire dinner and an embarrassed Melissa thanks them for the gesture.
Another tense moment occurs with Sarah is visited at the house by her friends from Kenosha, WI, who make a home movie about life in the house. While filming, Flora repeatedly flashes the camera. When the movie is produced, Flora says she does not want the movie distributed to anyone. She claims she was on heavy medication and tries to convince Sarah's friend to sign a contract that the movie won't be released.
References
- ^ Rivo Alto Island House at realworldhouses.com
- ^ Biography page for Sarah Becker at mtv.com
- ^ Sarah Becker at the Internet Movie Database
External links
- The Real World:
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