Jersey Shore has to be and is by far one of the best MTV shows that has been out since Real World originally started. This show follows the lives of todays Italian American society on the Jersey Shore. This is one of my new obsessions and it fulfills all of my guilty pleasures. A reality is supposed to be filled with drama and people rebelling in a changing society. The show is satisfying and will go down in history.
The cast consist of 8 people 4 guidos and 4 guidettes:
Angelina "Jolie" 22 - Staten Island, NY,
Jenni "J-WOWW" 23 - Franklin Square, NY
Mike "The Situation" 27 - Staten Island, NY,
Nicole "Snooki" 21 - Marlboro, NY ,"
DJ Pauly D 28 - Johnston, RI,
Ronnie 23 - Bronx, NY ,
Sammi "Sweetheart" 22 - Hazlet, NJ
Vinny 21 - Staten Island, NY
More on the cast and their Bio's at: http://www.mtv.com/shows/jersey_shore/cast.jhtml
The lively Guidos and Guidettes move into a home provided by their employer and in order to pay him back they have to work in his boardwalk shop in Seaside Heights the area where they are living in. The The show is filled with tons of partying and hooking up in clubs where fist pumping and grinding to house music is apart of everyday life. The girls come looking for the perfect guido and the guys come to get laid pretty much about everynight and to not fall in love at the Jersey Shore. Since the show has started there has been love triangles, people getting kicked out the house and club fights that included the controversal snookie punch.
The Punch:
What the news thinks:
The News also reports who punches Snookie and his occupation:
Snookie on The Wendy Williams show and her opinions about the show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzxFtJdu4j8 <=== must watch!!!!
More on the Cast members opinions on the punch:
The Controversy:
The show plays upon the stereotype of the guido, prompting criticism from groups such as the National Italian American Foundation and the Order Sons of Italy in America.The show has also been protested against by residents and businesses in the Jersey Shore area for casting a negative light on the region. The Jersey Shore Convention and Visitors Bureau claimed that "MTV is providing a one-dimensional, dramatized version of a very small group of visitors' summer experiences in one Jersey Shore town." The show has also been heavily lampooned in the media, including Cracked calling it the "Worst Thing to Happen to East Coast Since 9/11" Domino's Pizza recently pulled their commercials from airing during the show. Tim McIntyre, the company's vice president of communications, stated, "One of the ads happened to show up and once we saw what the program was, we decided that the content wasn't in keeping with what we're all about."
MTV responded to criticism with the following statement:
Jersey Shore continues MTV's history of documenting various subcultures, rites of passage of young people, and the ways they self-identify. The Italian-American cast takes pride in their ethnicity. We understand that this show is not intended for every audience and depicts just one aspect of youth culture
IM A JERSEY SHORE LOVER AND AIN'T PROUD TO ADMIT IT!!!!!!!
