Does anyone know of any work that has been done about the MTV-produced serial _The Real World_? Any good critical articles would be helpful. I've been trying to think of related precedents to this phenomenon of a producer constructing a series of relationships and then filming/taping them as if they were "naturally" occurring--a kind of lab experiment to see what happens when you throw a bunch of unrelated guinea pigs into the same cage. It resonates, in different ways, with _An American Family_ (the pseudo-verite scrutiny of "private" life), yet also with _The Monkees_ (a group created by the show's producers), and similarly, there's something strangely akin to _The Brady Bunch_ going on here, too (the amalgamated family). Any thoughts? Pam Wilson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [log in to unmask] University of Wisconsin, Madison (608) 256-1824