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Feb. 7, 2002 Arts 6c Entertainment Page 23 New ‘Real World’ cast deals with Sept. 11, local violence Allan Johnson Chicago Tribune CHICAGO (KRT)- “I came into the house on uncertain grounds, and I leave on uncertain grounds,” Kyle writes in a letter, oblivious to the cameraman peering over his shoul der. That scene on the final day of shooting in the Wicker Park loca tion wasn’t the only uncertain mo ment. Shooting “The Real World” in Chicago this past summer and fall was a lesson in uncertainty. There were protests surrounding the shooting of the MTV reality series as part of opposition to the Wicker Park neighborhood’s over all gentrification. “The protests seemed to be di rectly related to something that was specifically happening in this - would you let him watcH ^u: ’ % willing Being in your pajamas 31 Kissing ^ ^ Crying Having an argumftill^f ^ liS Being drunk Eating a rat/insect \ \10 Being naked 8 Having sex ,- 5 CNN/T/me Poll conducted by Yankelovich I^fKS^Jutie 2000. N=l,218 adults na tionwide. MoE +/- 2.8. Results published on www.pofiingreport.com neighborhood,” Murray explains, “which was there were a small group of artists who were con cerned about gentrification. Because of the protests and a double slaying that occurred nearby, security was tightened at the loft. “In the beginning it was the safety issue, and we really dealt with that accordingly, like having a security guard here,” says Anthony Dominici, who produced the Chi cago filming. He wouldn’t say if el ements of the protests will be in cluded in the series. Kyle, in defense of his city, says, “It’s important to establish that it’s not how the city reacted. It’s a very vocal, very small group within this section of the city. Chicago did not reject us. A band of people in the area that we live in tried to... when • we went to other areas in the city we were em braced, people were en thusiastic, people were ac commo dating.” B u t Tonya, a 22-year- % not willing % not sure old from Walla Walla, Wash., notes: “I think with everything that happened with Sept. 11, those protests seemed so trivial.” They were especially trivial after the uncer tainty brought about by the events of Sept. 11. Murray says he broke with the show’s tradi tion and brought a television into the house to al low roommates to keep up on what was hap pening to the country after the attacks. “It’s really the first time this gen eration has had an event like that, that made them think about their mortality, made them realize that their world is not maybe as control lable as they thought it was,” he says. Aneesa, a 20-year-old Philadel phia gay woman whose free spirit promises to be a much-talked-about topic on the series, says that it will be good to have the cameras show ing young people “actually feeling and praying and being really in- Is it 2002? Or ‘1984’... Chicago Tribune/KRT Aneesa, originally from Philadelphia, is one of seven diverse participants in the 11th.season of I^TV’s “The Real World,” which takes place in Chicago. volved ... just to show that we’re all going through something that’s really big right now.” Housemate Theo, 20, of Riv erside, Calif., adds: “Being taped on Sept. 11 was really the most time I never at all paid attention to the camera. It was more so try ing to imagine what people were going through. We see so much stuff on TV. You would be there watching it, (but) it was like it wasn’t real...” Even though “The Real World” is very much a series with a cast of characters and continuing story lines, lead director Laura Korkoian says the production very much re alizes that these seven young people aren’t made up like those on “Dawson’s Creek.” “I do see them as real people; they are real people with real expe riences,” she says. “They all bring a lot of different experiences into this mix. And that’s the beauty of this project for me, is that they come from different backgrounds, differ ent life experiences, culture back grounds.” February Thiiigs to do around town 7-10 8 8-9 "Rags," McCrary The atre, 7 p.m. 12 River City Brass Band, McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Cake, The Ritz 2.3 10-11 "Dazzling Arts of Ghana" Alamance Arts Council, Gra ham "The Vagina Monologues," Yeagar Recital Hall, 7 p.m. John Mayer, Cat's Cradle, Carrboro 14 Weekend Excursion, Cat's Cradle Lake Trout, Pour House, Raleigh 18 "Spaces of Exclu sion:" Digital Artworks by Bina Altera 21 Le Tigre, Cat's Cradle 22 River North Chicago Dance Company, McCrary Theatre 7:30 p.m. 22 Ozma, Saves the Day, Weezer, Entertaiment Sports Arena, Raleigh Albums of the Week 1. Bad Religion* "Proo^ of Belief" 2. De lo Soul -" Aoi:8ionix^' 3. No Doubt- ^Rock Stead/" 4. Ben Folds" ^Rockln" the Suburbs'^ 5. Something Corporate - ''Audioboxer^ 6. Get Up Kids - ^fodoro^ 8* Travis- Th^fivrslbb
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