Commercials for "The Simple Life: Interns" are pissing me off
01-19-05 | 07:22 PM
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From: City of the lakers.. riots.. and drug dealing cops.. los(t) Angel(e)s. ca.
And Jack, while I appreciate your rant I have to point out that my main problem with these commercials is the *apparent* lack of respect towards someone's dead family member.
I think when you start setting any sort of bar for television you already lost it. Television is just a tool to get programing of ranging levels to people. I hate something that many people love. That is just personal taste.
But that doesn't mean I can't voice some displeasure when I see something I don't agree with on television...in the middle of a show I DO like. And I'll continue to do it, so I'd encourage you to exercise your right of not clicking on my reality TV threads
I really didn't see you respond to the generalization that you made that all reality tv was immoral and lowered the bar and offered nothing good to the t.v. viewing public.
So um.. yeah? what about that? It's a form of entertainment. I don't want to base my societies moral standards by what is on tv. TV is fantasy. It is not reality nor should it ever be. Reality tv in itself is not reality. You should treat it just like anything else. A form of entertainment that strikes a cord with us.
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01-19-05 | 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Draven
The promotion shows them spilling cremated remains on the floor and attempting to scrape them back into an urn, dropping coffins and basically fucking around with PEOPLE'S DEAD RELATIVES.
01-20-05 | 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Draven
The promotion shows them spilling cremated remains on the floor and attempting to scrape them back into an urn, dropping coffins and basically fucking around with PEOPLE'S DEAD RELATIVES.
01-20-05 | 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by rfduncan
Dude, face it - middle America red states eat this crap up with a steamshovel. It goes right along WalMart and re-electing the Monkey Man for another four years.
Uh, no we don't. And since when do networks give a shit what middle America likes? Ya the OC and Desperate Housewives are on TV because poor racist middle America wants to see how better life would be if we were rich and lived in beautiful California? What a bunch of bullshit.
01-20-05 | 08:58 AM
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Man, I am so sick of sore loser Dems turning everything into a political complaint, especially because their guy lost. And for the record, I am not even a registered voter at this point, but I've noticied it's usually the anti-Republicans that turn non-political issues into political issues. Go away, Liberals, and let the rest of us watch what we want to, ey?
01-20-05 | 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by SleepyW
Man, I am so sick of sore loser Dems turning everything into a political complaint, especially because their guy lost. And for the record, I am not even a registered voter at this point, but I've noticied it's usually the anti-Republicans that turn non-political issues into political issues. Go away, Liberals, and let the rest of us watch what we want to, ey?
Also, what does this have to do with Simple Life 3?
01-20-05 | 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Groucho
Morf, you deleted your other post. Shame on you, that was pretty funny.
01-20-05 | 09:51 AM
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From: Gone to the islands - 'til we meet again.
Originally Posted by rfduncan
...Dude, face it - middle America red states eat this crap up with a steamshovel. It goes right along WalMart and re-electing the Monkey Man for another four years.
01-20-05 | 09:52 AM
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From: Gone to the islands - 'til we meet again.
Originally Posted by SleepyW
Man, I am so sick of sore loser Dems turning everything into a political complaint, especially because their guy lost. And for the record, I am not even a registered voter at this point, but I've noticied it's usually the anti-Republicans that turn non-political issues into political issues. Go away, Liberals, and let the rest of us watch what we want to, ey?
01-20-05 | 09:55 AM
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I was referring to what Dead just quoted above. And Brain Stew--being a registered voter doesn't make your opinion more valuable or insightful. In essence, my unbiased stance in politics, I think, makes my opinion less distorted by party lines. That was my whole point. Chill out, brother.
And Dead: A) I wasn't the only one to reply to it, B) I think I had a legit response and didn't need to be singled out because of it, and C) I can cuss and piss and moan, but I'm called out for replying to a post? Christ almighty....
And Dead: A) I wasn't the only one to reply to it, B) I think I had a legit response and didn't need to be singled out because of it, and C) I can cuss and piss and moan, but I'm called out for replying to a post? Christ almighty....
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01-20-05 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by SleepyW
And Brain Stew--being a registered voter doesn't make your opinion more valuable or insightful. In essence, my unbiased stance in politics, I think, makes my opinion less distorted by party lines. That was my whole point. Chill out, brother.
Also, you do understand there is a difference between registering to vote and registering for a party, don't you?
01-20-05 | 10:28 AM
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Anywho...
I want to reiterate that, aside from my dislike of "reality" TV, my rant was more about the fact I thought, based on the commercials, the episode seemed to be in EXTREMELY poor taste. And disrespectful to those that lost a family member.
I'm surprised so many are okay with Paris, Nicole and Fox treating funeral homes as a place for "hijinks."
I want to reiterate that, aside from my dislike of "reality" TV, my rant was more about the fact I thought, based on the commercials, the episode seemed to be in EXTREMELY poor taste. And disrespectful to those that lost a family member.
I'm surprised so many are okay with Paris, Nicole and Fox treating funeral homes as a place for "hijinks."
01-20-05 | 12:12 PM
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This should make you a little happier...
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/0....ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/0....ap/index.html
N.J. school says 'no' to 'Simple Life'
Paris Hilton, substitute teacher? Not here
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (AP) -- The Fox TV reality series "The Simple Life" will not be using a South Jersey school as the setting for one of its episodes.
"The show will not come to Cleary School," Buena Regional School District Superintendent Diane DeGiacomo said Monday night.
"They needed a commitment from us right away, and we didn't feel like we could do that," she said.
The proposed filming had provoked opposition from parents who felt it wasn't appropriate and feared that it would hold their community up to ridicule.
Producers of the show starring hotel heiress Paris Hilton and her friend Nicole Richie had approached school officials in December, offering to pay $5,000 to film an episode at a school in the mostly rural community 30 miles west of Atlantic City.
The third season, which premieres January 26, will have Hilton and Richie traveling the country trying their hand as interns at various jobs. The idea for the Buena episode was to have the pair work as substitute teachers and cafeteria monitors at the J.P. Cleary Middle School.
School district officials initially were amenable to the idea, and permission forms and a letter from the show's production company were sent home to parents.
But some parents responded angrily, saying the co-stars weren't fit role models.
"I just feel that it's ludicrous that the Board of Education and the administration would invite Paris Hilton to teach 11-, 12- and 13-year-olds, and Nicole Richie, too," parent Sue Barber said last week. "Their reputation leaves a lot to be desired."
DeGiacomo said producers had reached a mutual decision with school officials to shelve the idea.
She said she believed that a majority of the community didn't object to the show being done there, and noted that 340 parents had returned forms giving their children permission to participate, while only 34 had said no.
Paris Hilton, substitute teacher? Not here
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (AP) -- The Fox TV reality series "The Simple Life" will not be using a South Jersey school as the setting for one of its episodes.
"The show will not come to Cleary School," Buena Regional School District Superintendent Diane DeGiacomo said Monday night.
"They needed a commitment from us right away, and we didn't feel like we could do that," she said.
The proposed filming had provoked opposition from parents who felt it wasn't appropriate and feared that it would hold their community up to ridicule.
Producers of the show starring hotel heiress Paris Hilton and her friend Nicole Richie had approached school officials in December, offering to pay $5,000 to film an episode at a school in the mostly rural community 30 miles west of Atlantic City.
The third season, which premieres January 26, will have Hilton and Richie traveling the country trying their hand as interns at various jobs. The idea for the Buena episode was to have the pair work as substitute teachers and cafeteria monitors at the J.P. Cleary Middle School.
School district officials initially were amenable to the idea, and permission forms and a letter from the show's production company were sent home to parents.
But some parents responded angrily, saying the co-stars weren't fit role models.
"I just feel that it's ludicrous that the Board of Education and the administration would invite Paris Hilton to teach 11-, 12- and 13-year-olds, and Nicole Richie, too," parent Sue Barber said last week. "Their reputation leaves a lot to be desired."
DeGiacomo said producers had reached a mutual decision with school officials to shelve the idea.
She said she believed that a majority of the community didn't object to the show being done there, and noted that 340 parents had returned forms giving their children permission to participate, while only 34 had said no.
01-20-05 | 06:26 PM
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From: Gone to the islands - 'til we meet again.
Originally Posted by SleepyW
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And Dead: A) I wasn't the only one to reply to it, B) I think I had a legit response and didn't need to be singled out because of it, and C) I can cuss and piss and moan, but I'm called out for replying to a post? Christ almighty....
And Dead: A) I wasn't the only one to reply to it, B) I think I had a legit response and didn't need to be singled out because of it, and C) I can cuss and piss and moan, but I'm called out for replying to a post? Christ almighty....
It's immaterial what others did or did not do. If someone makes a trolling post, report it instead of responding to it.
