MTV May Exploit High School Dropouts

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By Nads | Wednesday, June 22, 2011 | 11:30 am | 6 Comments
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After exploiting Teen Moms, Pregnant teens and every other teen genre under the sun, MTV‘s next exploitation venture is the world of high school dropouts. Nothing is set in stone yet, but word is out that they’re looking for a potential cast. I have mixed feelings about this…One side is: I hate they they glorify the people they’re trying to make examples out of and they become celebrities. But on the other hand, when MTV did Juvies and other show similar to that–they were awesome because they took a true doc approach to the subject and were informative. However, with the direction the network is heading, I can’t see a show about high school dropouts being informative, rather exploitive and heading down the Teen Mom route. They have to be careful if they move forward with this show, and tread lightly.

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Although comedy is her profession, Nadine has accomplished a lot in her young age. She is a national champion black belt, a world-class soccer player, and an avid snowboarder. She started playing soccer at the age of 4, and continued playing through college where she majored in Biology, but quickly realized her destiny was to tell jokes, not to wear a lab coat. So she decided to be funny while finishing her Bachelors Degree in biology and continued on to get her M.B.A. Nadine’s comedy style is much like her athleticism, fearless. She’s made her way up the comedy ladder very quickly, and has become a club favorite at many of the country’s top comedy clubs, including the Improv chain. Performing in the Boston Comedy Festival and being noted as the “one of the youngest and brightest up and comers” and traveling to the Middle East to entertain the troops are just a few of her notable accomplishments. These days Nadine splits time between the stage, a radio studio, her computer blogging, and a television studio. Nadine’s TV, Radio, Writing credits include: national commercials, talking head roles on E! Entertainment, Showtime’s Hot Tamales Live, The Skinny: Fat Free News, The Sunny Side of The Truth: Real World Hollywood, TVgasm, Zazreport, Daddy’s Girls, Jerseylicious, celebrity interviews on Mania TV, a weekly half-hour television show that syndicates to colleges across the country for National Lampoon and a nightly radio show on XM Satellite Radio.

6 Comments

  1. 1
    Parisi LaRoe Parisi LaRoe
    Posted June 22, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    I just wish MTV would play movies. My reaction would be how they handle the cast and what their stories are. If they dropped out for family issues or whatever, I get that and don’t think it is exploitation. However, if they did it just because they didn’t want to go to school anymore and somehow succeeded, that is pure exploitation. Teen Mom/16AP is already bad enough.

  2. 2
    kittkatt
    Posted June 22, 2011 at 6:02 pm

    No, no, no, just no. All I can think of is a bunch of trashy trailer park teens dropping out of high school on purpose just to be on this show and losing their only chance of bettering their sad pathetic lives.

  3. 3
    kittkatt
    Posted June 22, 2011 at 6:06 pm

    Oh and I wish that MTV would play more music videos like back in my time, the perfect, fantastic, outstanding, amazing, never to be forgotten eighties!

  4. 4
    Parisi LaRoe Parisi LaRoe
    Posted June 22, 2011 at 6:37 pm

    I meant to say music, not movies. That is so embarrassing because MTV movies are horrendous. The only good thing on MTV is The Challenges and, as much as I hate to say it, Jersey Shore. I feel like that since I admitted to liking Jersey Shore that I am admitting that I have a horrible, life-changing disease.

    First Juvies, then 16AP, then Teen Moms, and now this. This is disgusting.

  5. 5
    RazzBeth
    Posted June 23, 2011 at 9:18 am

    Does MTV even show music videos these days? The M no longer stands for “Music” – it is now “Money.”

    I DON’T want my MTV. Someone else can have it!

  6. 6
    radsauce bexisrad
    Posted June 23, 2011 at 3:05 pm

    Nads, Im totally with you. I loved watching Juvie-it had the same kind of thing that Lockup on MSNBC has and Im addicted to watching that stuff. I really hope that they don’t take this and make it look like its the “cool” thing to do. *sigh*

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