In Amos’ article, he tells readers that the famous Jersey shore cast is coming together for a television special called “Restore the Shore.” This special will be shown on MTV on November 15, 2012 and will be a supporting effort for raising funds in order to rebuild the boardwalk and area of Seaside Heights. I really appreciated the line Amos wrote stating, “some would argue that no amount of good deeds could ever be enough to undo the six seasons of emotional trauma the cast of Jersey Shore has unleashed on the national psyche.” This gave me a good laugh.
As a college student, I don’t have much free time. I can honestly say that I have yet to watch the news since I have started this semester and have probable only turned my television on about ten times. In these few times, I can promise you I didn’t spend it watching this, what I find to be a intelligence killing TV series, Jersey Shore. In times of political campaigns, this is wonderful, but in times of natural disasters, I am poorly informed. I found this article to be relatively informative because I haven’t heard much about hurricane Sandy, let alone the Jersey Shore cast helping to the reconstruction of this town. Helping in a situation like this will definitely shine a new light on the Jersey Shore cast members, but as Amos said, they have many more good deeds ahead of them to make up for the humiliation they have provided for this Jersey Shore community.
http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/61261/with-hurricane-fundraiser-jersey-shore-cast-will-attempt-to-use-powers-for-good-and-not-evil
Barshad, Amos. “With Hurricane Fund-raiser, Jersey Shore Cast Will Attempt to Use Powers for Good and Not Evil.” Grantland. Grantland. 5 Nov. 2012. Web. 5 Nov 2012
I was unaware that the Jersey Shore cast members were doing this to help restore their second home. I think that this is a great thing for them to do not only to help rebuilding what Hurricane Sandy did but as you said, to restore a tiny fraction of what they have shown on national television.
ReplyDeleteI will watch this special because I think that it is for a really great cause.
I've never really been a fan of this show, mainly because that the majority of the seasons showcase irresponsivle activities and massive consumption. I think that this nice gesture of their part might be a little bit of them trying to cover their butts for setting such a bad example for television viewers. Now they are coming off as "nice" people, I just dont see it. But if this is a good faith effort, then more power to them and keep it up. Put a good face out there for the public to see.
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