Italian-American Alyssa Milano "Upset" With MTV's Jersey Shore
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Count Italian-American Alyssa Milano among the non-fans of MTV's new reality show Jersey Shore.
The show -- which follows the booze-fueled nights of eight self-described "guidos" and "guidettes" on the Jersey Shore -- has outraged Italian-Americans, who claim it exploits a stereotype and gives the vacation destination a bad rap.
UNICO National, the nation's largest Italian American service organization, has even asked MTV to cancel the show.
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Milano, 36, can see why.
"My husband actually showed me the trailer on YouTube last night, and I got upset," she told Usmagazine.com Thursday at the UNICEF ball in Beverly Hills. "It upset me. I was like, 'Turn that off!' So no, I don't think I'll be watching that!'"
But 21-year-old Jersey Shore star Nicole -- a.k.a. "Snookie" -- doesn't see what the big deal is.
"The Italian, whatever, national, whatever their organization is, they don’t understand that 'guidos' and 'guidettes' are good-looking people that, you know, like to make a scene and be center of attention and just take care of themselves," she said on The Wendy Williams Show Friday (check your local listings). "They are old-fashioned. They don't know that; they think it's offensive, because maybe in their time it was offensive, but now it's kind of a compliment. So they don't understand that and that is what we are trying to say. They are way overreacting to the show. We're 22 to 29 just having fun at the shore. They are just taking it way out of proportion."
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172This girl snooki is such a B&%$# I am ashamed to say I am Italian because of this low life people. All of them are an embarrassment to society and specially to the Italian community. The girls on this show are nothing but a whole bunch of Biatches and the guys are nothing but a whole bunch of degenerate Aholes who think they are better than the rest of the world. Shows like this should be banned from TV because they are a bad example and a disgrace to society. Who know which of the hundreds of men that this orange smurf effed is the real father. What a disgusting girl she is. Society and TV have come so low that now promoting the pregnancy of a Biatch is something of high interest. how about that piece of excrement Mike? or the retarded guy on steroids Ronnie who cries more than a girl. Or the other 2 low life bastards. Shame on you MTV.
your stupid..
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF THIS? YOU GUYS ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS, ITATLIANS, WHITES, MEXICANS, WHEREVER YOU'RE FROM. IMMIGRATION IS A HUGE PROBLEM IN THE STATES, JUST ASK ANY NATIVE AMERICAN. OUR WORLD WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER IF YOU GUYS WEREN'T HERE. BEFORE THE WHITES CAME, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SMALL POX OR AIDS OR DISEASES, WE WERE JUST FINE TIL THE WHITE MEN CAME. AND EVERYONE ELSE! JUST SAYIN'
you lucky ronnie ain't here to slap you punks.... hahahahaha haterzzz,,, my famaly work hard F$%^ your fam brooo what have you done loser..hhahahaha,,
My fathers family came from Mulberry St New York New York ( little Italy). He doesn't go there anymore because the restaurants are loaded with copy cats from Latin and south american etc.So why don't they turn the place into a taco st. Who wants to eat tacos anyway? Go home , go back where you belong.My family worked hard when they came from Italy. they didn't swim or hop a fence. oh and by the way about snookie..shes also an Italian want to be ( Spanish mixture). why don't they have a Spanish mixture show ( theres plenty of them.)
Snooki ha detto che 'Guidi' sono persone di bell'aspetto ... questo termine รจ dispregiativo per gli italiani :(
Also Chile has a huge population of Italians and Germans. My mom is Chilean but she is white. so when you insult a chilean or any other hispanic (mexican.. puerto rican) you might as well be discriminating someone of your OWN RACE.
Hispanic isnt even a race. There are White Hispanic Black Hispanic Asian Hispanic Mestizo Hispanic Indian Hispanic... Oh and when you say the word spic you are just discriminating someone because they speak spanish. wow im so insulted. rednecks know nothing.
'spic' isnt even a racial slur. you are just discriminating someone because they speak SPANISH. wow im so insulted. my ass.
Hispanic is not a race. Theres white hispanic black hispanics asian hispanics native hispanics mestizo hispanics.... Many chileans in chile are italian or german. fcking rednecks. and snooki is italian now.
Wow Pastrick's a racist d*mb$ss im sure hes white trash. Everyone needs to relax its just a f@ck&n show. Real world shows a bunch of idiots doing the same things people on Jersey Shore do.. the only difference is these people claim to be Italian (it's entertainment)and are alot better looking. L0l People relax don't watch it if you don't like it and dam stop b%tch*ng.
Just so you Italian-Americans know, the VAST MAJORITY of Italians of the diaspora went to SOUTH AMERICA, Chile included. Just because you are from South America doesn't mean you are no Italian. That is utter ignorance. South Americans probably have more Italian blood than most of the self-proclaimed "Italian-Americans".
I knew she looked more like a spic than a guidette. She had a wide nose and a really round face like most south americans..and so she's Chilean? Makes sense, those people are dwarves...I knew a guy from chile and he and his family were like 5 foot tall. Anyway, what a stupid show...why do they call them guidos and guidettes when they aren't even full blooded italian...I mean italians have enough of their own problems, but to be misrepresented by spics and micks and whatever is on that show is not fair!!
I knew she couldn't be italian..in fact, I thought she was maybe arabic, south american, well close enough...lol It's bad enough mexicans and central americans are hopping the fence and coming into this country illegally, but now Americans are importing South American trash as well. WTF is going on??!! As far as the rest of them...well, true italians or halfsies...they are truly low class. I'm Irish/Italian...and like all nationalities there's good and bad...the italians have the quidoes...the irish have the micks...the spanish have the spics...the germans have the krauts...the polish have the pollacks...the blacks have n*ggers...the anglos have rednecks and so on and so forth. Point is that you can't hold a whole culture and people responsible for a few "rotten apples". Truth is...I really don't see what is even remotely appealing about that show...they're just retarded (no offense to the mentally challenged)!
Snookie is not even Italian, as an Italian-American myself, i agree with alyssa milano, this show is offensive and upsetting, never again will i watch *sighs*
Anyone pissed about this show has every right to be. It is another example of recycled garbage reality TV combined with racist ethnic stereotypes that the media is already infamous for especially when it comes to Italians. What is sickening is that this show is having another season in Miami that will be airing this month. Not to mention MTV plans to make more shows like this and are targeting other groups like Asians, Russians and Persians. Intersting fact- Snooki is actually of Chilean descent but was adopted by Italian-American Parents. She could be then said to be "culturally" Italian-American. Equally embarrasing either way.
I'm usually against censorship and removing shows based on their content, especially when it comes to such shameless, ignominious garbage like Jersey Shore, but this is just painful. Snooki claims she's Italian, yet she can't seem to name the organization that is representing her. That is like an African-American not being able to name the "NAACP." We could all shrug this off and excuse this as just another crass piece of entertainment, but, sadly, it is produced by MTV. MTV continues to be one of the main institutions of pop culture: it reflects what it is, and projects what it is about to become. What's even more distressing is that people are stupid enough to confuse whatever they spew out as "reality," because, you know, it's a reality show about a group of trashy troglodytes in their 20's. For example, tons of racially offensive were being poured on a Facebook page dedicated to the cast's visit at James Madison University. Hell, take a look at the responses here on this page. This is the type of legacy that Snooki and the rest of the Jersey Shore cast leaves. The National Italian American Foundation, which is the group you're most likely referring to, are not blowing it out of proportion. If you call yourself a "sl*t," don't expect any dignified responses.
And also, that's why you Italian-Americans churn out an attractive girl here and there, while the really pretty Selena Gomezes or Demi Lovatos are left up to us. You all look like a bunch of hooked nose parrots!!!
You know what? Italian-Americans are a bunch of jerks. Snookie was adopted by Italians. That's why she acts Italian. I'm South American with quite a bit of Italian ancestry. My grandmother was Italian on my dad's side and his father was part Italian/part Native South American. I only classify myself as hispanic, however, because we are mixed people, anyway...and I don't want to offend uppity Italian Americans who seem to have much less class and intelligence than the Italian people in my family. I cannot stand Italians and I'm ashamed that I am even mixed with it. And your fat, ugly, sausage roll Italian men lust after me...because my dad was gorgeous in his youth and I got his good looks. So I will continue to reject you ugly f'n wops, thank you very much.
Jersey Shore SUCKS. I agree with Alyssa Milano and UNICO. I am Italian.. My grandparents from Calabria and Naples and I am living on the East Coast (Fairfield County) and "Snookie" is a complete and utter DISGRACE to Italian-American's everywhere. Not just the east coast. Snookie probably doesn't know "Hola" from "Ciao". Yet... I've been to Italy... I can speak and write fluent Italian.. She can't.. Yet she think's shes Italian..Sound like a wannabe to me. All she is is a: brutto, grasso, italiane vogliono essere fastidioso!