Reality TV is fun! My daughter Sara dragged me kicking and screaming into this genre, but I am now grateful for her persistence. From American Idol to The Real World, programs that focus on so-called "real" life (hardly very real at times) are entrancing and often captivating.
Jersey Shore grabs you out of your own world and takes you into a wild, twenty-something whirlwind where the F-word is as common as morning cereal and extreme eastern accents abound. To enjoy this strange reality, you need to be fascinated by new lingo, foul mouths, and bizarre manners of communicating!
The eight or so kids of obvious Italian origin live together, much as in The Real World. They date each other, hate each other, love each other, and gossip about each other....how much better can TV get? You'll enjoy the funny nicknames: Mike Sorrentino calls himself "The Situation," because his six-pack abs are so-welll sculpted they are the essence of life itself! Jenni Farley is known as JWoww, because yes, you guessed it, her female anatomy is so large it's a wow...to guys, at least! Nicole Polizzi goes by "Snooki" because, well, who knows?
Gotta get into the eastern-Italian lingo to enjoy the humor. Example: In the Jersey Shore universe, you say "He hates on me" rather than "He hates me." And keep an eye out for funny gestures, so many new ones that mean F-you.....the finger is simply passe!
So turn on the tube, forget that there are ways of speaking without the F-word, and get into the fun! The show is becoming iconic, adding language and expressions to our culture, so you might find yourself getting a very needed, unexpected education!
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