Jersey Shore Creates Outrage
Many Italian-Americans are not flattered by the MTV show that follows the lives of self-proclaimed "guidos" and "guidettes."MTV’s Jersey Shore, with its fist pumping, puking, partying, and primping, may have been funny to watch for some viewers, but some people aren’t laughing: including Domino’s.
The major pizza chain has decided to pull all of its commercials from future episodes, presumably because of the way Italian-Americans are portrayed.
“The content of this particular program is not right for Domino’s Pizza,” a representative told TMZ.
Even though the eight young people on the show agreed to be featured as they are, and wholeheartedly embrace their guido-ness, many viewers and organizations are outraged.
UNICO National, the largest Italian American Service Organization in the USA, was one of the offended parties.
“I suffered through all 120 minutes of that show and it was worse than I imagined,” a representative for the group told TMZ. The spokesperson continued,
“Italian Americans are outraged and they are helping us reach out to sponsors to ask them to stop advertising with MTV until they agree to pull ‘Jersey Shore.’" Prior to even airing the show, MTV was already fielding a barrage of assaults about the stereotypical nature of the program. On Tuesday, two days before the show’s premiere, they issued a statement explaining the intent of the program.
“‘Jersey Shore’ is a reality series that follows eight young adults spending their summer at the beach. The show continues MTV’s history of documents various subcultures, rites of passage of young people, and they ways they self identify.” sourcelol okay, Domino's. idg the hate for this show, it was probably the most horrifying yet entertaining 2 hours of television i've seen in a while. get it, Snookie.
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