Ok here's the thing, I have lived in NJ for 29 years, a branch of my family tree is full blooded Italian & I have NEVER seen anyone that even remotely looks or acts like these assclowns or any of the other so called "Jersey Shows"...Do we have sterotype's yes of course, as does just about every state...The reason we don't see people like this? THEY'RE NOT FROM NJ They are from Staten Island & other parts of NY....It was bad enough when the Soprano's came out & everybody with dark brown hair from NJ was suddenly in the friggin mob, now this crap...
I've been in Jersey my whole life and have yet to meet a single person who acts the way the Jersey Shore cast acts. I've met people from New York who act that way, but never met anyone here like the Jersey Shore cast.
I'll just never understand why watching people be worthless, stupid human beings is entertainment...when it's real.
I can tell you, as an individual with an Italian heritage from NJ, most of us are nothing like that drivel. My last name is DeVita. It doesn't get much more Italian. My older brother lives and works down the shore (yes, it's "down the shore", not "at the shore"). Neither he nor I have ever acted like that or even associated with anyone who has ever acted like the tools on the varying Jersey shows. Please, do not lump us all together just because we are Italian and/or from New Jersey (or Jersey as we'd prefer. Ok, South Jersey). Oh, Intimidator is absolutely right. Those kinds of folks are all shoobies from NY.
On remember first seeing people like the Jersey Shore kids back in 2004 on "Growing up Gotti" series on A&E or some channel like that. They got the same fake tans and hair like Pauly D.
I don't assume that all people from Jersey look/act like this, but I generally dislike THOSE kinds of people. The reality is that people are copying what they see. I have a cousin (that I haven't seen since he was like 6)who is in his mid 20s now and is all about being super fake tan/workout 24-7/drinking/doing drugs/just being a waste of human being. He was born and raised here in Indiana..
Snooki isn't even Italian. This whole phenomenon is the lowest common denominator of pop culture since Cuntry went mainstream. The Trump roast of that douchebag was priceless. I hope it knocked him down a peg or three. Though in reality, I think he's too stupid to realize it should have.
My wife got me hooked on the show and it's hilarious. I highly approve of Mtv exploiting these douche balloons for my entertainment
I'd hardly call it exploiting. Aren't each making like $100,000 per episode now? They're going to Italy next season, and making a good chunk of change being spokesmen for various products. Not to mention royalties from merchandise. Both them and MTV are riding the gravy train while it lasts. I thought that was Twilight, and My Little Ponies, and Justin Beiber, and Avatar, and ROTF, and....well you get the point.
Never implied that, but it's that whenever someone doesn't like something then "it's the worst thing evah." Complain away, but don't pretend like this type of stuff hasn't been on television before. Hell, it's nothing new, and certainly not anything that MTV hasn't shown a hundred times before on the Real World or Road Rules for the last ten years. The only difference between JS and those shows is that the cast are all Italian type peoples.
And in all honesty Paul Devvichio is nothing like how he is on TV. My biology teacher and him are very good friends, he says he has to do this stuff on the show because it's part of the contract. And at $100 grand per episode, fuck yeah I'd do all that too My teacher taught him when he went to my school, he was one of the popular kids but wasn't a trouble maker and got pretty good grades.
Yeah, Pauly is my favorite on the show. Sure he likes to hook-up (can't blame him either), but he seems to be a generally level-headed person and realizes that he's actually on television so he doesn't make too much an ass of himself. Can't really say that about anyone else as they're all oblivious idiots. But god-damn if that isn't comedy when Snooki is hammered.
