For Brandon Swift, being likable helps in ‘The Real World'

When the 27th season of MTV's The Real World begins, the first thing you notice about Brandon Swift (or simply Swift, as everyone calls him) is that he's wearing a black leather coat. On a dock on the Caribbean island of St Thomas. In his defense, it was cold when he got on a plane in New Jersey to fly down to the Virgin Islands to meet his fellow cast members/hostages. Still, most people would have taken off the coat as soon as the tropical air walloped them.