Some people really know how to ruin a good time. Like Andre Dimino.
Who?, you ask.
He’s the guy trying to ruin my Thursday nights.
As the President of UNICO, the national Italian-American service organization, he’s asked MTV to pull their new show “Jersey Shore” off the air because it’s offensive and contributes to stereotypes and [add more bad things here]. But, per the press materials, all the network is really trying to do is lift the veil off “one of the Tri-state area’s most misunderstood species … the guido.” And I think that’s necessary. And not at all out of the ordinary. I mean, if “True Life: ‘I’m A Girlfriend’” (no, really) can get past execs and onto our tv screens, then, damnit, so can this. I mean, there are sooo many stigmas of being a girlfriend, it’s only fair that the young ladies, so complex, so silenced, so misunderstood, get the opportunity to tell their story and debunk the myths! And so the guidos (and guidettes?) deserve a fair chance to speak their minds, as well. Because when I hear that term, that godawful term, I think of Oompa-Loompa tans, blow-outs, rave parties, sunglasses while indoors, french manicures, fist-pumping, and well, these gems. And I’m ready to be proven wrong.
(Couldn’t upload the episode because MTV runs shit and there are copyright laws, so watch it here.)
And, LOL @ Dereon being the “hottest” heel (:28). Who knew? Seeeee, learning things already.
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