Fake tans, blowout haircuts, high heels, and loud hairstyles these are just a few things that now being tied in with every person from New Jersey thanks to reality T.V’s recent obsession over New Jersey based show Jersey Shore. The show starting in 2009 brings together 8 people from the New Jersey area to live under one roof for a summer. The lives of Vinny, Angelina, Snooki, Ronnie, Pauly-D, Mike the Situation, Sammi, and J-Wow are put under the microscope being filmed all twenty four hours of the day. Not much else consumes the lives of these so called young adults other then eating, sleeping, and drinking.
This is where my problem with the show comes in; the people on this show get paid ludacris amounts of money for a show broadcasting their stupidity. Mike the Situation had made himself a teenage icon for simply being an arrogant and disrespectful person. Each member makes on average $30,000 per episode! This is more than the average high school teacher makes. Not to mention all the money made for making apperances at clubs which is supposedly around five to six thousand dollars per hour! All this money being thrown at these "guidos" for simply partying is wrong. I completely disagree with people being paid to party and act outrageous for entertainment.
Max, Joseph Del Raso, the president of The National Italian-American Foundation, also shares your views on Jersey Shore, "We find this program alarming in that it attempts to make a direct connection between 'guido culture' and Italian-American identity. 'Guido' is widely viewed as a pejorative term and reinforces negative stereotypes. " Advertisers, such as Dominos Pizza, have also pulled their ads from airing during the popular program. However, Snooki, a cast member and a proclaimed “proud guidette,” doesn’t seem to understand what all the huff is about, "I knew the reaction to the show was going to be negative because it's about guidos, and some people think it's a derogatory term. But it's not -- it's basically [a term] to describe Italians who like to look good and be the center of attention, and there's nothing wrong with that...It just means you like to take care of yourself.” Whatever your stance on the show now, MTV execs promise that if you watch it and don’t just listen to the hype, you will understand "there is more to these tan and buff individuals than hair gel."
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