Posted on 02/17/2010 10:59:14 AM PST by Perdogg
A national American-Italian group are considering legal action against MTV over their controversial hit Jersey Shore, RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal.
UNICO (the National American-Italian Service Organization) president Andre Dimino has revealed that they have consulted attorneys because they are fed-up with MTV’s portrayal of young Italian Americans as booze-fueled hellraisers.
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LOL! Yes, it would ;)
Thanks for the ping :)
Great post, Albion Wilde.
South Philly, Wildwood, Margate (and other Shore Points). Oh the memories.
We watched the show. Snookie and her poof, Pauly D and his blow out, lol.
I'm sorry to say I have missed it so far. I do hope to catch some re-runs and see what all the controversy is about.
I agree that many Italian-American kids who never leave the neighborhood can be adversely influenced by media stereotypes -- which seem to focus only on the small percentage of Italian-Americans who are criminals or "guidos."
The far larger percentage talian-Americans are hard-working people, mostly Catholic or Christian in their social morality, strong, earthy, artistic, enthusiastic and fun-loving, who make (and have always made) a great contribution to America in every walk of life.
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