A particular reality TV show really grinds my gears. Jersey Shore, filmed in the style of the reality entrepreneur, the Real World, follows the lives of a unique group of young people. The orange tinged, gym-going, bar hopping, “joysey” talking, self-indulgent crowd that hits the beaches of New Jersey every summer.
First off, let me explain why I am personally both horrified and intrigued by this show. I was born and raised in New Jersey, and lived there until moving to Texas almost two years ago. Everybody who has met me assumes I am a native Texan or an implant from a nearby state, and that is because I do not share any of the characteristics depicted by the characters on this show. Pre-Jersey Shore, New Jersey already had a bit of a negative reputation among the other states. The show aggravates the spread of this reputation and at the same time popular culture embraces it. Why? Because people like watching the cast of Jersey Shore get drunk and “tawlk shit to each udder.”
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