Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170716:03:43:00
In 1991 we got a call from mtv and they were toying with the idea of doing some kind of a scripted show about young people. >> they said it was like a mix between "the big chill" and "the breakfast club". >> and ultimately decided a show with writers and actors would be too expensive. >> 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. >> of seven strangers. >> a social experiment to watch what happens when you put these strangers together in a hou...
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