The Real World

Hi, I'm Steven from San Marcos, Texas. I'm 23 years old.

I'm a bartender at a gay bar and I'm a heterosexual male.

Hi, my name is Trishelle.

I'm 22 years old, and I'm from Cut Off, Louisiana.

The good thing about coming from a small town is,

you become creative with what you do

with your spare time.

Hi, I'm Irulan. I'm 21, and I'm from New York City.

Gabe is my boyfriend.

Gabe and I have an open relationship.

We recently decided to see other people.

My name is Alton, from San Diego, California. I'm 22 years old.

I enjoy goin' out and puttin' on skates.

You know, go rock climbing.

Hey, good morning, Real World. My name's Frank, I'm 22 years old.

Right now, I'm in between schools, so I'm applying for graduate school.

A lot of my family went to Cornell.

I'm probably not gonna get accepted because I'm a loser.

My name is Arissa. I'm 22, and I'm from Boston.

I'm running out of reasons not to wrap my lips around a gun.

I could not wait to get out of the projects.

I said, "Okay, hope to see you again someday, 'cause I'm never coming back."

Hi, my name is Brynn, and I'm 21. And I'm from Portland, Oregon.

I get really courageous when I drink.

I want that guy, and by the end of the night, I will have him.

- This is the true story… - True story…

- …of seven strangers… - …picked to live in a casino…

…work together and have their lives taped…

- …to find out what happens… - …when people stop being polite…

…and start getting real.

- The Real World: Las Vegas. - Baby, yeah!

The only time I've ever been away from Cut Off

is when I moved away to go to college,

and it makes me really nervous being in a big city.

Las Vegas is named "Sin City," so I know that they have a lot of sin here.

- -

Sex is very important to me.

I'm really comfortable being a sexual person.

Beautiful women, that's just my weakness.

If one of my roommates is really hot, I don't know what I'm gonna do.

- What's up? - Hey.

I'm so glad. Another human being.

I'm Steven.

-Trishelle. Nice to meet you. -Trishelle. Nice to…

I'm very excited about meeting new men because I've been seeing the same ones

for the past five years.

I'm attracted to people who are romantic and really cute

and nice, but not too nice.

Sex is really not that important to me.

I'm from everywhere. I've lived in, like, five states,

-been to, like, 24 schools. -You poor thing.

You've probably never had a girlfriend before.

Oh, I've had--

I would be scared to have a relationship--

I've had a few. I'm actually married right now.

-We-- No, I'm serious. I'm serious. -

I was supposed to be divorced last month, but…

-Are you serious? -I'm totally serious.

I got married at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, and--

-Were you drunk when you married her? -No, we planned it.

We took 35 of our friends and family. It was, like, a big wedding.

My wife's name is Christy.

Christy and I are currently still married.

And, yeah, I came home one day from school

and had a little note and stuff like that, and it was just--

She wrote you a "Dear John" letter?

See the blue ball and the Eiffel Tower?

That's where I got married.

I want to look out at everything.

Meanwhile, in another part of town…

- Hey. -Hi.

- How you doing? -Good. How are you?

-I'm good. What's your name? -Arissa.

-I'm Frank. Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.

-Where you coming from? -I'm coming from Central Pennsylvania.

-Oh, jeez. -Yeah.

-No place big at all. -

I come from a really, really small town. So this is a bit of a change for me.

My hometown consists of cows, Amish people,

and lots of people just like me.

-Where are you coming from? -Boston.

Boston? I've never been there.

-Are you a Mormon? -No.

- -No, but that's a good question,

'cause there's, like, Mormons and Amish people all around where I live.

-Really? -Yeah, like,

when I'm in traffic, like, it's not cars, it's a horse and buggy.

I was like, "Okay, Jebediah."

Frank is just all-American, Abercrombie, Amish kid.

He's got a great sense of humor, and he's really funny.

-Do you have any strip clubs in your town? -Yeah, actually, we do.

I thought they were beautiful. I just, like-- I'm not into that whole, like,

watching girls take off their clothing. Seems, like, too trashy for me.

Okay. Well, I'm a stripper.

-You are a stripper? -I'm sorry. I'm just kidding.

-Oh, yeah, I know. -

I'm having a fun time talking to Arissa.

She likes to have fun, joking with me, making fun of me.

I think that's good for the both of us.

Like, I wonder if one of us is going to be, like, the gambler.

I'm going to be in the casinos,

piss drunk and very upset because I have no money.

- -Like, sashaying up to some,

-like, old guy-- -"Come on, Frank, I need…"

-No, I'm gonna be like, "Hi." -I know.

-"What's your name?" -

Are you kidding me? I'm so happy to have

another person around. I was going stir-crazy.

I know. Where the hell are we going? I'm, like, nervous to meet everybody else.

I'm excited. This is the best. This is the best.

- -

- Hello, welcome to the Palms. -What's up?

Should I grab your bags for you?

I've never even stayed at a place like this before.

This is the best thing that I've ever seen,

the colors and it's beautiful.

You guys gonna be staying with us for a while?

-We have no clue. - Really?

-Just kind of play it by ear then? -Yes.

We're gonna go right in here, yeah. I got your room keys for you.

-So there's your room numbers. -Okay.

Just take these elevators right up to the 28th floor.

-Okay, so we're 28. -Yeah.

- Do you want-- Push that? - I think that's it.

- -Oh, that's it!

-Oh. -God, I could have…

This is so cool.

- -

- Oh, this is the-- - Oh, my God!

- Let's run around. - Oh, my gosh!

-Oh, look at the little-- oh, cool. - Holy cow.

My house in Cut Off is pretty old-fashioned.

It's like a country house.

This is like a city house.

Okay, wait. We need to look at the bedrooms.

- -Yeah, this is the pimp room right here.

I don't know if I could live with three people in one.

- Oh. Oh, man. - Oh, my.

Oh, my God, this is so--

- Oh, wait! They have directions. -

How do you do this?

-How do you do this? -Are they assorted colors? Oh, look.

Go-- Save-- I'm keeping this one for myself.

-Sweet. Oh, are you? -

Wow.

-Looks like you're checking in, huh? - Yes.

I'll take you right up to the front desk. Let's get you oriented

-and right up to your room. - Okay, thank you.

You much of a gambler, then? Probably not?

Not so far.

It's beautiful. It's, like, more than anything

that I could have hoped for.

Hey!

- This is the phone room. - Our other roommate's here.

-What's your name? -Hi. Irulan.

-Irulan, Trishelle. -Yeah.

Nice to meet you.

-Trishelle? -Yeah.

-Hello. Steven. Nice to meet you. -Hi. Nice to meet you. I'm Irulan.

Oh, I'm so glad to finally meet you guys. I've been in suspense for so long.

- I know. Were you not stir-crazy? -I know.

I'm excited to get the chance to live with people from other races.

In Cut Off, Louisiana, there's not that much diversity.

This is already getting bad, 'cause it's already, like,

two attractive women. That's really-- That's--

-It's already getting uncomfortable. -

- -

Welcome to the Palms, folks.

- Hi. -How you doing?

-Any luggage for you? - Yeah.

Okay, I need my family to wire me, like, 800 dollars,

-'cause I want to gamble. -Yeah.

I am so broke. I have 14 dollars in my pocket

and no clue when I'm getting money again.

Go all the way down to the end. You'll see 28-101.

-That's your room number right there. - Okay.

Cool.

Are we going up?

No, we-- 'Cause you haven't pressed the button.

- I hit it, like, three times. -Sure you did.

Yo, I'm an electrical engineering student.

- - Oh, this is embarrassing.

-Close the doors. -Close the door quick.

- Okay, six… - Six,

seven.

- What's going on now? -Now we're going down.

What the is going on?

I'm not taking the stairs. You figure it out.

Look, now it's lit. I think we're doing it.

I think it's going.

Got to be, like, John Nash to get to our room.

- No, I don't know-- - Okay, let's just leave.

Let's never take the elevators again or leave our room.

-Okay, cool. - I lived on my own for, like,

-a year. - Oh, there's somebody coming in.

- - Yo, what's going on?

-What's up, dude? What's your name? -Frank.

Frank, Steven. You've got a pager down there.