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'Jersey
Shore' Is Dead, But Other Trashy Ethnic Reality Shows Live On
By Serena
Dai
Jersey
Shore is
officially over. Not like no-longer-trendy over, but actually done. As Variety's Stuart Levine reports, MTV is
ending the show after its sixth season, but that doesn't mean we'll lose out on
shows that glorify embarrassing ethnic stereotypes.
Snooki,
The Situation, and their cohort did more than teach America to fist-pump since
the show debuted in 2009. They also made a lot of money for MTV, and producers
have been trying to replicate Jersey Shore's success. Alas, most
have failed, obviously proving that you can't reproduce genius.
Below,
a rundown of all the wannabes:
•
The Pregnant Lady Jersey Shore: We're a little unsure of how all the Jersey Shore's
drinking will translate here, but Pregzillas is being
cast by the same people who discovered Snooki.
"Let's face it," the casting website says, "you're
never going to have a better excuse to act up, diva out, regress to childhood,
and take command as a queen!" Fist Pumps: 2 out of
5. Up votes for the prospect of watching horrifying people reproduce, thus
inducing feelings similar to watching Snooki's pregnancy; down votes for
those poor, poor unborn babies.
•
The Russian Jersey Shore: Lifetime aired a few episodes of Russian Dolls,
a show following Russians in Brooklyn. Before it was released, the producer promised, "plenty of
vodka, techno music and guys wearing Adidas pants, leather jackets and gold
chains, and driving souped-up cars. There will also be a lot of hot, decked-out
Russian girls." It was cancelled last fall when ratings were
bad, but you can still
watch episodes online. Fist Pumps: 1 of 5. It's
more Real Housewives than Jersey Shore, Michael
Idov wrote on Vulture.com. "Russian
Dolls is a wan thing done wanly."
•
The British Jersey Shore: Geordie Shore debuted
last spring and follows "Geordies," or people who live on the Tyneside region of Northeast England. Like
with regular Jersey Shore, they drink and party and cheat, etc. It
is MTV UK's best show in history, according to TV By the Numbers. Fist Pumps:
4 out 5. It's got all the factors, but nothing compares to the original. In
2011, Alyssa Rosenberg wrote for The Atlantic: "The Geordie
Shore crew doesn’t seem to have figured out how to live as cartoon
characters as easily as their American predecessors."
Meet The Cast Of The Geordie Shore: The UK
Jers...
•
The Asian Jersey Shore(s): K-Town was billed as the Asian Jersey Shore but never made it to networks. That didn't
stop the producers from putting all
the episodes on YouTube. The eight cast members all live in Los
Angeles' Korea Town, and the show runner said they were "pioneers" in
changing the way Asians are represented. Now, they're casting for Vietnamese,
Chinese, and Filipino versions of the show, too. Nothing says equality like:
"Hey, we're trashy too!" Fist Pumps: 2 out of
5. One reviewer's reaction to episode 1: "zzZzZzzzz"
K-Town: Meet the Cast
•
The Persian Jersey Shore: No lesser a luminary than Ryan Seacrest produced
Bravo's The Shahs
of Sunset, about rich Iranians in Los Angeles. Women beat each other
up in high-end restaurants and sell a lot of real estate. The show was actually
renewed for a second season after its finale got high ratings. Fist
Pumps: 2 out of 5. Again, this seems to be more like Real
Housewivesthan Jersey Shore, since the cast is older and has a
socialite feel. The show is "so dull," said Linda Stasi wrote in The New York Post,
"it makes Russian Dolls look exciting."
shahs of sunset
So, goodbye, Jersey Shore. Nothing
will ever shine like you
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