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To documentary to get our-- what we called at that time a docusoap. - this is the true story. - true story. - of seven strangers. - it was kind of this social experiment to kind of watch what happens when you put these strangers together in a house. you know, "when people stop being polite and start getting real." [beeper beeping] - do you sell drugs? why do you have a beeper? [laughter] - you hadn't seen anything like that on television. that kind of open, honest discussion of race. - i could try as much as i can to try to deal with you, but ignorance is ignorance, stupidity is stupidity, and...

With writers and actors would just be too expensive for them. - the real world, i guess that's what this was supposed to be. - so we essentially applied all the drama rules to documentary to get our-- what we called at that time a docusoap. - this is the true story. - true story. - of seven strangers. - it was kind of this social experiment to kind of watch what happens when you put these strangers together in a house. you know, "when people stop being polite and start getting real." [beeper beeping] - do you sell drugs? why do you have a beeper? [laughter] - you hadn't seen anything like that...

A scripted show about young people. they said it was like a mixture between a big chew and the breakfast club. >> but ultimately decided the idea of a show with writers and actors would just be too expensive for them. so we essentially applied all the drama rules to documentary to get our what we called at that time a docusoap. >> this is the true story, true story. >> seven strangers. >> it was a social experiment to watch what happens when you put these things together in a house when people stop being polite and start being real. >> do you sell drugs? why do you have a beeper? >> we hadn't ...

Actors would be too expensive for them. >> the real world, that's what this was supposed to be. >> so we essentially applied all the drama rules to documentary to get our, what we called at that time, a docusoap. >> this is the true story. >> true story. >> of seven strangers -- >> it was kind of a social experiment to watch what happens when you put these strangers together in a house. when people stop being polite and start getting real. >> do you sell drugs? why do you have a beeper? >> you hadn't seen anything like that on television, that kind of open, honest discussion of race. >> i can ...

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