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Kids will invariably be kids, but thanks to MTV's
The Real World You Never Saw we get to watch a group of giddy exhibitionist hipsters pick their noses, bicker over toilet paper, and take out their trash--in two different cities! Cast members Montana and the kinetically charismatic Sean narrate the majority of the Boston footage, while foxy Janet and Lindsey hold court over the Seattle scenes. Randomly interspersed on the tape are a few outtakes from past casts. Somehow, a
Real World behind-the-scenes tape just wouldn't seem right without at least a brief glimpse of Puck doing something mildly offensive.
Despite its claims of "indecent exposure," the video is actually pretty tame. Fans of the show won't see much new footage and curious types looking for a few illicit thrills will be disappointed. Where's the drunkenness, the drug taking, the sexual tomfoolery? If it happened, it happened off camera, or MTV didn't want us to see it. Considering that the few swear words uttered on tape are bleeped out and Sean's frequently bare bottom is discreetly filtered, this would appear to be the case. Alas, this doesn't make for very juicy viewing, nor does it make Real World seem very real.
Still, die-hard fans will appreciate the previously unseen outtakes that are included, and Sean and Montana's camouflage-and-twinkling-visor attempts to break into the control room (where all the crew is set up watching them) are pretty funny. It's all good fun, if a bit too clean. --Michelle Riggen