Got to love The Real World, still. cheatsheet: Speaking of MTV, the Village Voice got hold of a copy of the Real World contract. Some highlights: • You may be humiliated and explicitly portrayed “in a false light.” (12)• Interacting with other cast members carries the risk of “non-consensual physical contact” and should you contract AIDS, etc. during such an interaction, MTV is not responsible. (7)• You’re not pregnant and you won’t become pregnant before the show’s done filming. If you do become pregnant, you’ll tell the Producer immediately—and pregnancy is grounds for dismissal. (38)• You grant the Producer blanket rights to your life story. (49)• Under ordinary circumstances, all of this would be considered a “serious” invasion of privacy. (11) To that last point, in reality TV anything goes.
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Speaking of MTV, the Village Voice got hold of a copy of the Real World contract. Some highlights:

• You may be humiliated and explicitly portrayed “in a false light.” (12)
• Interacting with other cast members carries the risk of “non-consensual physical contact” and should you contract AIDS, etc. during such an interaction, MTV is not responsible. (7)
• You’re not pregnant and you won’t become pregnant before the show’s done filming. If you do become pregnant, you’ll tell the Producer immediately—and pregnancy is grounds for dismissal. (38)
• You grant the Producer blanket rights to your life story. (49)
• Under ordinary circumstances, all of this would be considered a “serious” invasion of privacy. (11)

To that last point, in reality TV anything goes.

Source: blogs.villagevoice.com

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  18. dgdelatorre said: What the hell? And I thought the one from the apprentice was a hard contract. People are really desperate to get on TV and be “famous”… Sad thing, fame for fame’s sake is just a hollow concept.
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