Comments on: Juice & Abuse: Why “Jersey Shore” Isn’t Just a Joke

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:23:35 +0000

When you think about it, if people dont like a show, then they shouldn’t watch it! THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY!!! RIGHT??? so worry about you self and not about guidos!!!!!!

By: Shannan Scarselletta

Shannan Scarselletta — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:23:00 +0000

I was “researching” on Hulu the other night and found out that SNL had done a parody of the “Snooki” character. In the skit, an actor imitating Snooki talks about her love for muscular men and the word “guido,” and tells off the Italian American organization Unico. I think it would be a great addition to a conversation about the real world effects of reality tv. Watch it at:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/116557/saturday-night-live-update-snooki

By: missy

missy — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:11:41 +0000

It’s too bad that most people don’t get to see how these “real world” shows really go down. When we were in D.C. this past fall, we happened to be eating dinner in a restaurant. All of a sudden, everyone turned to look at the camera crew and apparent “actors” who had come into the same restaurant. I asked the owner of the place what was going on. She told me that they were filming some of the Real World D.C. We watched them for a bit then were mildly shocked when one of the writers (I assumed he was a writer for the show because he had a script in his hand) said to one of the Real World cast members, “no, no, no. You guys need to fight more about (something). You need to argue more about it”. The writer was actually egging the actors on to fight or argue. I have no doubt in my mind that this situation you are talking about on Jersey Shore was completely coerced. It was a set up. It makes for good tv. Real life is not really that interesting.