Thursday, February 28, 2008
YOUNGSTOWN — A production crew from MTV’s “True Life” documentary series is on the Youngstown State University campus this week, filming a segment featuring freshman Rahsean Bridges of Farrell, Pa., for a program on shopping addiction.
“I really do have a shopping problem. I take it to the extreme. I spend every dime I get,” the fashion merchandising major said. “I’m hoping they’re going to get me some help.”
Bridges submitted an application to the reality show by e-mail, along with a photograph of herself, and received a call from an MTV producer the following day. The reality show camera crew will shadow her as she attends classes, then afterward when she joins friends for a shopping trip and a visit to some local night spots.
MTV’s Web site calls “True Life” an award-winning series that chronicles “the remarkable real-life stories of young people and the unusual subcultures they inhabit.”