"Guidos" and "Guidettes" have stormed MTV and surprisingly gained lots of popularity along the way. As the reality television show "Jersey Shore" came to a close, millions of viewers all over were devastated to lose the entertaining cast of seven fist-pumping Italian-Americans.
Even though the show has been well-received by many, there has been lots of controversy surrounding the show even with rumors of ending the "Jersey Shore" mid-season.
When the reality show hit, following seven Italian-Americans who were spending their summer tanning (in a salon of course), getting blowouts at the salon, and boozing at the clubs, it appeared to be just another one of those ridiculous reality shows that MTV decided to create like "Date My Mom" or "Parental Control." After giving the show a chance, fans emerged doubling the ratings from the premiere on Dec. 3 to 2.5 million viewers, according to People magazine.
Even with all of the fans, there were many who believed these cast members were stereotyping Italian-Americans with offensive words like "guido."
Caryn Brook wrote in TIME magazine about the use of the word stating, "Most people on the east coast easily recognize the word as a slur against Italian-American men of a certain class and swagger -- and there was MTV just letting it rip."
Domino's even dropped its advertisements for the show because they were so offended by the use of the term "guido."
Even though the show has been well-received by many, there has been lots of controversy surrounding the show even with rumors of ending the "Jersey Shore" mid-season.
When the reality show hit, following seven Italian-Americans who were spending their summer tanning (in a salon of course), getting blowouts at the salon, and boozing at the clubs, it appeared to be just another one of those ridiculous reality shows that MTV decided to create like "Date My Mom" or "Parental Control." After giving the show a chance, fans emerged doubling the ratings from the premiere on Dec. 3 to 2.5 million viewers, according to People magazine.
Even with all of the fans, there were many who believed these cast members were stereotyping Italian-Americans with offensive words like "guido."
Caryn Brook wrote in TIME magazine about the use of the word stating, "Most people on the east coast easily recognize the word as a slur against Italian-American men of a certain class and swagger -- and there was MTV just letting it rip."
Domino's even dropped its advertisements for the show because they were so offended by the use of the term "guido."
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Considering I don't bother to watch this sort of show, I'd say you're right about one thing: "reality" t.v. IS nothing.
On the other hand, you missed the point that there are millions upon millions of Americans - people all over the world for that matter - that are airheads. And, just like the t.v. shows, they don't really matter.