Call 'Em Like You See 'Em

I love Italy, I love really Italians and pretty much everything they do except for their blatant disregard for great television.

A national Italian-American organization based in New Jersey says an MTV reality show that depicts Italian-American beachgoers as the "hottest, tannest, craziest Guidos" is offensive and should be scrapped before it airs. UNICO National said Tuesday that "Jersey Shore" relies on crude stereotypes and highlights cursing, bad behavior and violence in depicting renters at a New Jersey beach house.

Isn't the Jersey Shore actually filled with beef-cakes, hair gel and manicured eyebrows on dudes? Obviously, the Italian culture is more than greased hair and all that other shit but all that bullshit is the heart and soul of the Jersey Show but I'm pretty sure this TV show is more about Jersey and less about Italy. A few of my friends went there this past summer and they call came back with alcohol poisoning, at least one STD and dried hair gel caked on all their going-out clothes. That's what the Jersey Shore is about and I bet that show is going to hit the nail on the head when it comes to showing one facet of Jersey (not Italian) living. Besides, anyone that looks to MTV to accurately and thoroughly depict an entire culture is probably trying to implement Ms. South Carolina's plan about getting all those maps shipped to Africa, the country, so that we can help them like we did with "the Iraq". For those of you that don't get that reference, "Jersey Shore" is going to be the show for you.


Article from - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/24/italian-americans-protest_n_369482.html
Picture from - http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2009/11/jersey_shore_offends_italian-a.html