Introducing: Harsh Reality – The Story of Miriam Rivera

Headlong: Running from COPS

Topic / Pineapple Street Media / Dan Taberski

Serial, Society & Culture, Tv & Film, True Crime

4.8 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

It was supposed to be a reality show with a twist. In a sun-drenched villa in Ibiza, six hot guys compete for a cash prize and for the love of the beautiful and mysterious Miriam. It’s meant to be her big break: the moment she becomes the superstar she was born to be. But this is the era of “cruel reality TV” and the show producers have a different goal: they want to surprise the men with the fact that Miriam is trans. A new six-episode investigative series from Wondery, the makers of The Shrink Next Door and The Apology Line, and from Novel, HARSH REALITY is the story about love, lies, reality TV and a woman before her time: Miriam Rivera. Written by Agnes Borinsky and hosted by Trace Lysette.

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0:00.0	Dom passes long rows of desks, lined with brand new Apple Max, clear with turquoise backs.
0:09.4	On each desk is a cup of branded turquoise pins, with the name of their company printed
0:15.0	on the side, brighter pictures.
0:19.2	In the conference room, they have Dom sign a non-disclosure agreement, standard practice,
0:25.0	and they switch on a screen.
0:30.4	I was shown a video of Miriam.
0:37.4	In my world, we all know Miriam.
0:40.2	We all know how captivating she is.
0:43.1	So I have no trouble imagining what Dom was thinking, looking at her.
0:48.7	For one thing, she's beautiful.
0:50.3	The camera loves her.
0:52.3	She could be a movie star.
0:54.6	Straight glossy black hair, the latest designer shades, perched on top of her head, long tan
1:00.9	legs for days.
1:05.2	But a lot of people are beautiful.
1:08.4	Miriam is magnetic.
1:15.7	At the time, she was 21, living in New York and working as a model.
1:21.2	You can tell from her smile that she's got a sense of humor.
1:24.8	She's flirting with the camera, turning, and walking away, answering questions about
1:29.7	her hobbies, watching the footage.
1:32.1	It's hard not to love her.
1:36.2	The video ends.
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