The Shallow Shore: One student's views on MTV's The Jersey Shore
Marie Ebacher
Issue date: 2/3/10 Section: Viewpoint
Not only do these people disrespect women, whom they label as "creatures," get into brawls over the most idiotic comments, wear bedazzled shirts and complain about having to work for two hours on a beach boardwalk in return for prime location of free room and board on the shore, but the cast of "The Jersey Shore" also captivates my television set every Thursday night.
This is the type of show my mother would call "trash" and insist that I change the channel to the news; yet, I can't help but watch "The Jersey Shore." My eyes are glued to the TV every new episode and I warn you, I may get moody if you talk to me any other time than during the commercials. So what is it about this show that makes me love it so much?
Now I must admit, I didn't have the slightest clue as to what a "Guido" or "Guidette" was before this show. At breakfast one morning, the term was defined to me so vividly by my friend Grace that I knew I had to see if such a person could really exist. Well believe me, they do.
That night, I broke my own version of the number one rule of the show; I fell in love with the Jersey Shore. Everything about the show became addicting: Ronnie's laugh, "The Situation" and Pauly D's creeping, Snookie's poof, Sammi's insecurity about her big "Fred Flintstone" toe, even the annoying quack of the duck phone ringing. The very fact that people like this actually exist almost put my small-town-girl heart into cardiac arrest. Not only can I not get enough of the show itself, but I take pride in knowing the name of the latest victim that sent Ronnie to jail for the night and anything else directly relevant to these "Juiceheads" or steroid-ripped guys and Guidettes. The great thing about this show (and when I say great I really mean ridiculously idiotic but highly entertaining) is that this is truly reality unlike shows such as the "Biggest Loser" or "The Hills." This is primetime twenty-year-old Italians doing what they do best: gym, tanning, laundry and clubbing.
This is the type of show my mother would call "trash" and insist that I change the channel to the news; yet, I can't help but watch "The Jersey Shore." My eyes are glued to the TV every new episode and I warn you, I may get moody if you talk to me any other time than during the commercials. So what is it about this show that makes me love it so much?
Now I must admit, I didn't have the slightest clue as to what a "Guido" or "Guidette" was before this show. At breakfast one morning, the term was defined to me so vividly by my friend Grace that I knew I had to see if such a person could really exist. Well believe me, they do.
That night, I broke my own version of the number one rule of the show; I fell in love with the Jersey Shore. Everything about the show became addicting: Ronnie's laugh, "The Situation" and Pauly D's creeping, Snookie's poof, Sammi's insecurity about her big "Fred Flintstone" toe, even the annoying quack of the duck phone ringing. The very fact that people like this actually exist almost put my small-town-girl heart into cardiac arrest. Not only can I not get enough of the show itself, but I take pride in knowing the name of the latest victim that sent Ronnie to jail for the night and anything else directly relevant to these "Juiceheads" or steroid-ripped guys and Guidettes. The great thing about this show (and when I say great I really mean ridiculously idiotic but highly entertaining) is that this is truly reality unlike shows such as the "Biggest Loser" or "The Hills." This is primetime twenty-year-old Italians doing what they do best: gym, tanning, laundry and clubbing.
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posted 2/03/10 @ 3:20 PM EST
Jersey Shore is over, but the mammaries live on? Check out ?Jersey Shore (A Love/Hate Song)? at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNq7LyJ5dAc
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