Watched the show... same opinion of MTV

[Guest guest]

In fairness I watched the show.

A couple of observations.

Robyn's portion was very nice. This could be expected, as she seems

to be a nice person.

As for the rest of the show, no explotation there. Not. Terra, who

sells herself out to be an " Evil Elf " . And " Wee Man " , dresses like

an Omp Pah and rides a skateboard around. No sir... no explotation

there. Now tell me, which of the segments do you think the " MTV

Generation " paid the most attention. Don't kid yourself.

And let't take a look at the socially redeeming programming just

prior to and immediately after the show. Beforehand was their " Top

20 Most Outrageous Moments " . And guess what was number 2. Number 1

was the creation of MTV itself. But number 2... " Spring Break " good

ole Jerry Springer. 20 years of televised programming and that is

what they feel was worth number 2. Immediately after what did we

have. You guessed it, " Jackass " .

Just doing something good one percent of the time doesn't make up

for the ninety nine percent of the time that is garbage.

Maurice

[Guest guest]

Robyn's portion was very nice. This could be expected, as she seems

to be a nice person.

As for the rest of the show, no explotation there. Not. Terra, who

sells herself out to be an " Evil Elf " .

Hi Maurice, *I keep forgetting you guys don't see the pretty purple I have my

font in or the script writing...why is that btw?*

Must have been good makeup there! I could have sworn that was Robyn. :-)

And let't take a look at the socially redeeming programming just

prior to and immediately after the show. Beforehand was their " Top

20 Most Outrageous Moments " . And guess what was number 2. Number 1

was the creation of MTV itself. But number 2... " Spring Break " good

ole Jerry Springer. 20 years of televised programming and that is

what they feel was worth number 2. Immediately after what did we

have. You guessed it, " Jackass " .

Okay, true, but what about the show itself? We all know that MTV caters to

the young, and smartly so being that they show " today's " music...but what about

the show? I didn't find it exploitive. The individuals on there chose to do

the " work " they do...that was not a programming thing...It just showed what

those individuals were doing with their REAL LIVES...No whistles or bells, but

more of a documentary...that was my take anyway...And with Jarrod being 10 he is

the perfect audience. He was a bit upset at the guy that said he didn't think

there was career potential out there so he had ELL surgery...to be a stock boy.

That was bothersome to him....but the rest we all loved...

Just doing something good one percent of the time doesn't make up

for the ninety nine percent of the time that is garbage.

Yeah, but that isn't the point of this. We have a lot of bad stations on T.V.

I mean the real debate or question was if the program was any good for LP

exposure...I think it was a wonderful depiction of real people without all the

goofiness that some of the talk shows exhibit and it was the perfect blend of

attitudes.

I would watch it on any station....and Mr. ....dear, you date

yourself....I too was young once...but that is behind me....REALLY BEHIND

me...giggle. In a BIG way. :-)

Willow

[Guest guest]

shortbigg wrote:

> In fairness I watched the show.

>

> A couple of observations.

>

> Robyn's portion was very nice. This could be expected, as

> she seems

> to be a nice person.

>

> As for the rest of the show, no explotation there. Not.

> Terra, who

> sells herself out to be an " Evil Elf " . And " Wee Man " ,

> dresses like

> an Omp Pah and rides a skateboard around. No sir... no

> explotation

> there. Now tell me, which of the segments do you think the

> " MTV

> Generation " paid the most attention. Don't kid yourself.

>

> And let't take a look at the socially redeeming

> programming just

> prior to and immediately after the show. Beforehand was

> their " Top

> 20 Most Outrageous Moments " . And guess what was number 2.

> Number 1

> was the creation of MTV itself. But number 2... " Spring

> Break " good

> ole Jerry Springer. 20 years of televised programming and

> that is

> what they feel was worth number 2. Immediately after what

> did we

> have. You guessed it, " Jackass " .

>

> Just doing something good one percent of the time doesn't

> make up

> for the ninety nine percent of the time that is garbage.

>

> Maurice

Maurice, if I went by your criteria, I wouldn't watch any TV

at all! It's not just MTV that is garbage, ninety percent

of all TV is garbage. (In my humble opinion).

I also disagree with your assessment of the documentary. It

did not exploit any of the subjects in any manner. True,

some of them may be " exploited " in their choice of work, but

the documetary itself did not exploit them. It potrayed

them honestly, with a balanced approach, and let the

subjects speak for themselves.

I would recommend any young LP watch this documentary.

-Bill Bradford