The Real World: California (retrospectively referred to as The Real World: Los Angeles, to distinguish it from subsequent installments of the series set elsewhere in California) is the second season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months, as the cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the first season of The Real World to be filmed in the Pacific States region of the United States, specifically in California.
The season featured a total of nine cast members over the course of the season, as one cast member was evicted and replaced, and another was replaced when she got married. The Real World expanded from 13 to 21 episodes with this season. Production for the season was from February to June 1993. This is the first of two seasons to be filmed in Los Angeles. In 2008, filming of the twentieth season again took place in Los Angeles, this time in the district of Hollywood.
The season, which documented 22 weeks of the cast's interactions, began with two cast members being flown to Nashville and then spending ten days driving cross country to their Venice Beach house in a Winnebago, picking up a third cast member in Owensboro, Kentucky along the way.
Season changes
When this season first aired in 1993, the original title for this season was The Real World: California. Years later, the season's title was retroactively changed to The Real World: Los Angeles, mainly to avoid confusion with later seasons filmed in California (San Francisco, San Diego, and Hollywood). The show also expanded from 13 half-hour episodes to 21.
Residence
left|thumb|The Venice Beach house where the cast resided
The $2 million (1993 dollars), three-story, , four bedroom, four bathroom house is located at 30 30th Avenue in Venice Beach, one block east of the beach. According to the owner, after the filming of the series was complete, the interior and exterior of the house were repainted back to their original pink color. The only room not to be repainted was the room that was renovated into the Confessional room, which was painted blue with white clouds for the filming of the series. When the current owners purchased the house in 1996, the house was painted light blue/gray with a white trim and the interior pink carpeting was changed to gray. A sign outside the house read:<blockquote>
"This area is being used by Bunim-Murray Productions for taping of a television program. By your entrance into this area and your presence, you give unqualified consent to Bunim-Murray to record, use and publicize your voice, actions, likeness and appearance in any manner in connection with the program. If you do not wish to be taped as part of the program, please exit the area until all taping has been completed."
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| style="white-space:nowrap;"| San Clemente, California appreciates the diversity of the people in Los Angeles, but his conservative politics are at odds with the liberalism of the area. Aaron voted for George H. W. Bush, and isn't happy about having a Democrat in the White House, He has a brother who is engaged to be married. He rooms with Dominic, but says that Aaron engages in one-sided discussions in which he refuses to listen to other people, making it impossible to talk to him,
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! scope="row" | Beth Stolarczyk
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| Garfield Heights, Ohio where she studied film, television and radio production. She is an avid fan of the entertainment industry, and is in Los Angeles to pursue her career, to meet new people, and challenge herself. She works as a production assistant, in a casting office, but hopes one day to be a producer, director and actor. The death of her father, to whom she was much closer than her mother, was the hardest thing she ever experienced, and has still not been to his grave. though her mother did not speak to her for a considerable time when Beth was in a relationship with an abusive boyfriend, who continues to call her demanding to see her. Her mother, Eugenia, a Polish-American radio host for WERE (1300 AM), works constantly, even doing shows on Christmas, and does not express her feelings often, which is why Beth feels they are not that close, even though she loves her mother very much. Beth discusses this when her mother visits the house in Episode 19. and Aaron, who calls her a "psycho". Glen, however, develops an intense animosity toward Beth by Episodes 18 and 19, seeing her as selfish, and "a mess", leading the two to attempt a dialogue in the latter episode.
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| Dublin, Ireland though most of his income comes from bartending. He says he is "severely addicted" to nicotine,
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| Covina, California
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| colspan="3" align="left" | Irene is a Deputy Sheriff for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department who works as a courtroom bailiff, delivering subpoenas, and handling evictions. She serves as the "mom" of the house, and develops a close relationship with Jon. Her fiancé, Tim, is also a Deputy, whom she met at work, and their wedding in Episode 11 is one of the highlights of the season.
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| colspan="3" align="left" | Jon, who is the youngest cast member, and says he can't imagine having a conventional job.
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| colspan="3" align="left" | Tami is an alumna of Howard University Her true aspiration is music, as she is a member in a four-woman R&B group She is extremely close to her mother, who had her when she was fifteen and half, and thinks of her almost as a sister rather than as a mother. When Tami was a senior in high school, she and her mother were homeless for three months following the loss of her mother's job, and struggled to procure basic necessities as they lived in her mother's car before Tami's mother managed to get their lives back on track. He loves basketball, and though does night gigs with Perch "just for the hell of it", he makes money by working days at a record store,
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| Eugene, Oregon
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| colspan="3" align="left" | Beth A., who joins the cast in Episode 12 after Irene gets married, works as a production assistant, doing scenic painting and craft services work. She is a recovering alcoholic and member of Alcoholics Anonymous. and they drive across country in a Winnebago to pick up Jon in Kentucky, though they stay to watch him perform first. The three get to know one another on the way to LA, and as they begin to form opinions about one another, Jon makes a comment about Tami and Dominic that they see as derogatory.
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