What is the reason for Italian-American group tells MTV to cancel Jersey Shore?
Italian-American groups want MTV to yank its new series “Jersey Shore,” but some New Yorkers aren’t getting agita over showcasing the Garden State’s “craziest guidos.” The reality series – which promises “there’s no spray tan too orange, no hair too spiked” for its cast of beer-guzzling beachgoers – has created an uproar even before it premieres on Dec. 3. The show is “trash television,” according to UNICO National President Andre DiMino, who is outraged that promos use the pejorative “guido.” “We find this program alarming in that it attempts to make a direct connection between ‘guido culture’ and Italian-American identity,” said National Italian American Foundation President Joseph Del Raso. But in Manhattan’s Little Italy, the cheeky promos didn’t raise eyebrows. “No, it’s not offensive, but I’m not PC. It’s funny,” said accountant and pizza maker Giuseppi Emanuele, 38, of the Bronx. “If they’re gonna be tan and wear a guido T and chains, if they’re gonna act like that and look like
From blog.taragana.com: Group asks MTV to cancel ‘Jersey Shore’ reality show, saying it slurs Italian-Americans Italian group asks MTV to cancel ‘Jersey Shore’ FAIRFIELD, N.J. — A national Italian-American organization based in New Jersey says an MTV reality show that depicts Italian-American beachgoers as the “hottest, tannest, craziest Guidos” is offensive and should be scrapped before it airs. UNICO National said Tuesday that “Jersey Shore” relies on crude stereotypes and highlights cursing, bad behavior and violence in depicting renters at a New Jersey beach house. An MTV promo says the participants “keep their hair high, their muscles juiced and their fists pumping all summer long!” UNICO President Andre DiMino calls the show “trash television.” It’s scheduled to debut Dec. 3. MTV spokeswoman Emily Yeomans says the show continues the channel’s history of documenting various subcultures and young people’s rites of passage. She s
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