When I saw the title of the article, I immediately clicked on it. I have waited for this day. Jersey Shore is a pointless and plotless show. They call it a reality show, but really, if we are being realistic, Jersey Shore is far from realistic. The cast are basically just acting off of a script. There are, however, a lot of people that enjoy Jersey Shore, for some reason that I don't quite understand. Obviously, I am not one of those people. Jersey Shore takes up a TV slot that could be filled in with something of more importance. Unfortunately, despite the show being cancelled, the other cast mates are still going to continue on it's legacy separate from the show. By legacy, I mean stupidity.
As a student, Jersey Shore has no relevance to me. As a future filmmaker, the article helps me set standards for myself. If I'm going to be a filmmaker, I am going to make media that actually has a point. I am not going to put on a cast of people who practically do nothing other than party, fist-pump, and fight with each other just to get ratings. No, if I am going to get ratings, I want it to be out of pure hard work. Jersey Shore is a show that gives any filmmaker an easy way out. It is so stupid that people just cannot help but watch it, therefore giving you high ratings. If I was a consumer of the show, maybe I would actually care that it's getting cancelled. Unfortunately, I don't buy the stupidity they present in Jersey Shore. I never have and thankfully, I won't ever have to because of it's cancellation.
Jersey Shore in itself presents a lot of questions for the industry and MTV. The film industry should not even allow shows like Jersey Shore to appear on TV. Honestly, I think that it is an insult to great filmmakers like Tim Burton and Steven Spielberg. Tim Burton spends years and years on his movies and so does Steven Spielberg. Whomever was in charge of Jersey Shore was making major money for hardly doing anything. On the other hand, MTV has gone astray from it's original purpose. MTV used to stand for Music Television. Now, I think it's more like Moronic Television. There is hardly anymore music videos or music featurettes that occur on MTV. Instead, MTV places reality shows over what it's supposed to be showing. MTV really needs to dig deep back into its original roots and get rid of all of its pointless reality shows.
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