The Jersey Shore

[mlknchz]

I just watched an episode of "The Jersey Shore" (my first and last) and I can get no more amusement from watching the flailings of these ethically- morally- and intellectually-handicapped people than I would be able to get from watching physically-handicapped people flailing about.

Comments

[chocolatebark.livejournal.com]

All I know is that there's a lot of exercising, and some fellow who refers to himself as 'The Situation'?

[mlknchz.livejournal.com]

Stay away if you value your SOUL

Pity me...

[turkchief.livejournal.com]

I grew up in Nassau county on Long island. These people were my neighbors, school mates, co-workers and relations.....TC

Re: Pity me...

[mlknchz.livejournal.com]

at least you had the sense to get out

Re: Pity me...

[turkchief.livejournal.com]

Not really, I moved 1 county east and formed a tribe of well read, well spoken techno-primitives around myself...(grin)...T

Re: Pity me...

[mlknchz.livejournal.com]

Even MORE sensible

[apresminuit.livejournal.com]

"reality" teevee needs to go away. i keep waiting for this fad to be over & it keeps not happening. :(

[mlknchz.livejournal.com]

There's nothing real about it, it's all about who can be more revolting.

Like a John Waters film, only without the aesthetic value

i can appreciate revolting if it's done w/ a wink

[apresminuit.livejournal.com]

not so much if it's done w/ a vacant unblinking stare directly into the camera, maybe a little drool running down the side of their mouf.

Re: i can appreciate revolting if it's done w/ a wink

[mlknchz.livejournal.com]

then there's the mean-spirited subtext of "see how superior you are to these clueless people" that's exploitative and pandering

the most cynically base form of entertainment in a millennium @ least

[apresminuit.livejournal.com]

YES!

Re: the most cynically base form of entertainment in a millennium @ least

[mlknchz.livejournal.com]

that goes for the daytime talk shows and all the judge shows, too

[alagbon.livejournal.com]

Every description I've read of that makes me think that it's an odious show about odious people and we need to bring back flogging. (Every Thursday, down at my place.)

[mlknchz.livejournal.com]

"[I]t's an odious show about odious people" you left out "doing odious things"

A little flogging never hurt anybody

[alagbon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I did kind of omit that. Oh well. I think not having cable has kept me from becoming (even more of) a misanthropic elitist asshole.

And I think flogging would do a lot of people some good.

[mlknchz.livejournal.com]

The 2 or 3 spankings I received as a child did me a WORLD of good