MTV is the future Republican's channel
The transition is complete.
I remember when MTV started. It was an little
sort of DIY channel with cheap sets and a sense of promise. I think while
everyone understood that they were a corporation with profit as a motive, we all
enjoyed it when they would play punk and alternative videos. MTV actually was
the conduit for a lot of teenage rebellion during the Reagan/Bush 80s and 90s.
At least a few people felt some credit for Bill Clinton's win should go to
MTV.
Yeah, that has all changed. With
shows like Laguna Beach, Sweet Sixteen, Road Rules and The Real World; MTV is
now promoting consumerism and a sickening shallowness of character. The
personalities that this channel chooses to promote are the saddest people I have
ever seen. Do-It-Yourself has been replaced with
Have-Your-Parents-Pay-To-Have-Someone-Do-It-For-You. MTV has gone from the
channel that parents didn't want their kids to watch because they were worried
that they would start wearing funny clothes and listen to devil music to the
channel that parents don't want to have their kids watch because they don't want
to be continuously hassled for expensive parties, clothes and
cars.
Maybe they are just going with
the flow and this is what kids are like now. I don't think so. MTV used to be
the channel that was exposing urban youth culture out there to the burbs. Now it
seems to be just showing the burbs to
themselves.
If this is how far MTV has
fallen, it might just be time to take it out back and put a bullet through its
head and let the kids find something less lame to do with their
time.
Posted: Tue - September 27, 2005 at 09:29 AM
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