Ditto Jersey Shore and Goodfellas. Lots of suburban Gabba-ghouls seem to think it makes them seem "cool" to act like fools.
I’ve never seen Jersey Shore, but from the stories about the people in it, YUCK!!!
Good point on Goodfellas. IIRC, the ‘wanna-bes’ really started springing up after it came out.
Years ago I ran a political campaign office where a group of the Chairman’s friends would meet on occasion. They were the New Jersey Italian-American Civil Rights Association (affiliated with the Columbo Mafia family). The state YR and national CR chairman was the son of the retired consigliore who coordinated Mob business in Atlantic City. He went on to marry the daughter off the Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. I found the portrayals in ‘The Sopranos’ not unreasonably broad.