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Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera

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Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera

Wondery

Exhibit C, Society & Culture

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Miriam and the contestants film their final scene. She picks her man. It’s time for her big reveal.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, Primembers, you can listen to Harsh Reality add-free on Amazon Music, download the app today.

0:06.0

A listener note. This episode contains transphobic language and adult content.

0:21.0

It's another beautiful day in Ibiza.

0:24.0

Sun gleams on the villa's white tiles.

0:27.0

A few clouds streak the powder-blue sky.

0:30.0

A warm breeze crosses the patio, ruffling the wide leaves on the potted plants.

0:36.0

Huge terracotta plant pots dot the terrace.

0:39.0

Everything from what you'd grow a gardenia in to something that could hold a small tree.

0:46.0

Among the people gathered for this early shoot, there's a stillness, suspense, anticipation.

0:53.0

In the kitchen, trays of canopies are chilling. The champagne is on ice.

0:59.0

The series director, Dom Bowles, is behind the camera.

1:02.0

Checking everything is as it should be.

1:05.0

It's been a stressful few days, and he can't wait for it to be over.

1:09.0

It was a pressure cooker atmosphere.

1:11.0

I could sense members of the crew getting quite tense about who was going to get what shot.

1:15.0

We already have a planet so that everything was covered for every eventuality.

1:20.0

This is it.

1:21.0

The moment the entire series rests on.

1:24.0

The money shot.

1:25.0

The big reveal that they've been building to ever since they pitched this series in sky's headquarters.

1:32.0

They've got to get it right.

1:36.0

Camera's rolling.

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