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FaithSF
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Posted: 31 Jul 2013 at 4:02am |
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So, it wasn't bad enough that TLC brought "Welcome to Myrtle Manor" to TV. True, there are a LOT of trailer parks in this area, but a lot of people in the Myrtle Beach area are really pissed about this show.
Now, the makers of "Jersey Shore" will be filming a new reality show in Murrells Inlet, which they humorously call "A little drinking village with a slight fishing problem." It's a nice, quiet place which is also called the Seafood Capital of South Carolina. There are great restaurants, the Inlet itself is beautiful, and it doesn't deserve this. They're calling it "The Dirty South." Lots of very unhappy people right now. |
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Thor
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They put this sort of trashy slant on reality either to make others feel superior or to at least play into the stereotypes others wish to hold. You, Faith (and a few others here), know that those "Jersey Shore" types aren't really typical of Jersey people. Though they do exist, they're more like cartoon versions of Jerseyans. People like stereotypes. People want to think of the South as primarily poor redneck trash, so here comes Honey Boo Boo and Myrtle Manor.
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Jimmy Buffet is probably kicking himself for not thinking of that one. |
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FaithSF
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Well, the people on "Jersey Shore" are from New York. But there are a lot of people here who are well represented by Myrtle Manor. The thing about Murrells Inlet is that for the most part, it ISN'T trash. |
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FaithSF
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Yeah, Jimbo. It does sound like something he would have sung about! |
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Thor
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I just looked at the Wikipedia page for Murrell's Inlet, and there's a pic of a biker bar called "Suck Bang Blow". There's probably a reality show right inside those doors.
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tass
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We love Myrtle Beach! And Murrell's Inlet too, that whole area is kayak heaven. Don't worry about the reality show. The Jersey caricature has run its course & people will get tired of laughing at southern caricatures before long. Next it'll be caricatures of midwesterners although I don't know how they'll make them entertaining.
(See? I just unfairly stereotyped a vast swath of the U.S. and I'll bet someone laughed & someone else cringed. It's so easy even basic cable can do it!)
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HitsugiNerd
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I have lived in the South all my life. From Memphis, Tennessee to Charleston, South Carolina. And I can tell you, that the South isn't all trailer parks and rednecks. (There are certain areas that have them, sure. But I digress.) Honestly, the most "southern" place I have ever seen was in Kinston, NC. And it's mostly in the country. People in the cities aren't hillbilly rednecks, with missing teeth and a want to inbreed. That's just stupid. Most shows revolving around the South, only show the ugly side. It doesn't help we have Honey Boo Boo now, to make us look worse. It would be like showing a show about New York, and only focusing on the Projects, people would be pissed, no? It really urks me when shows only show rednecks from the South. There are intellectual people who live down in the South, and there are interesting places in the South that many people haven't seen. Charleston is one hell of a town, and Savannah, Georgia is fascinating. If any of you ever want to learn a thing or two about an interesting Southern town... Read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Trust me, you'll love it.
Another thing... Myrtle Beach is a tourist hot spot, and mostly city. There's barely any Rednecks there. Just saying. |
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I've been to both Charleston, SC (half dozen times) and Savannah (twice)and I agree, these places are great. I think Charleston is the best city in America--I'd live there if I could. Love to walk around historic district and just look at stuff. Houses, flowers, cemetaries, historic buildings, dolphins in river off the battery--making me sad, I haven't been there in a while.
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tass
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Seconding Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, great story, reads like a novel but it's nonfiction.
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FaithSF
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We do have LOTS of bikers here, and lots more who come down for the huge Bike Weeks in May and later in September. They bring in a lot of revenue. They used to be based in Myrtle Beach, but MB made a huge mistake a few years back by trying to stop the bike weeks, in keeping with trying to make MB "family friendly." They did this by enacting a helmet law, which pissed off the bikers no end. (I am all for helmets. I think it's really stupid not to wear them.) But they also wanted to get rid of "Black Bike Week" for obvious reasons, and they couldn't appear to be prejudiced (nahhhh, not here!). Instead, they started coming to Murrells Inlet, and that's where the money goes now. MB lost out on a lot of revenue. Anyway, there are two Suck Bang Blows. (SBB actually refers to some function of a motorcycle motor.) One is a huge, open bar; the other is on restaurant row. It's next to one of the two Beaver Bars, which are owned by the sisters with the actual last name of Beaver. Aside from those, there are lots of small bars along with strip (Hwy 17 Business), between Murrells Inlet and Myrtle Beach, including Surfside Beach, where I live. We have hundreds of restaurants along the Grand Strand (which basically goes from the NC border to Murrells Inlet--about 60 miles), a crapload of world-class golf courses, and the most mini-golf places in the world. (At one point there were 268 of those, but some have closed.) |
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FaithSF
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Tass, do you live in South Carolina? |
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FaithSF
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I love Charleston! I miss living in San Francisco and being able to walk around, so it makes me feel better when I can walk around Charleston. And the closest Trader Joe's is in Mt. Pleasant (I used to have one across the street from me in SF), so that always makes me feel better, too! I never got to read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. But I absolutely loved the movie! |
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Thor
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Do you think that's out of sheer prejudice, or is there a basis to it?
I know this kind of stuff happens here in California. The Cal State Fair ended "Cultural Day", but that was following year after year of violence. And even the SF Zoo ended their's many years ago after too many episodes of gang violence and shootings outside the zoo.
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FaithSF
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Well, it's a bit of both. I've heard shop owners in the touristy places say there's a lot of shoplifting during that week. They also tend to violate the noise ordinances late at night. But I think a lot of that is the type of bikes most of them ride, which is the Japanese kinds of bikes (they're called "rice rockets," although I know that's not very PC. I just don't know what the proper name is for them.) They certainly can't be any louder than regular bikes, but they are higher-pitched. Also, I have to say that I've been turned off by the behavior of some of the women I've seen on the backs of the bikes. Whereas the white biker chicks are dressed, the black ones tend to wear bikinis, and when they're at stop lights, the women will stand up and shake their asses. It's really gross.
On the other hand, there's a lot of prejudice here. The cops stop them more than they stop the white bikers. I've never seen white bikers pulled over, but I see the black ones pulled over all up and down the strip. Looking at this post, it sounds horribly racist. And I'm not. This is truth. |
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tass
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VA but my mother is one of the ancient people in Charleston. Our most recent beach trip was Garden City. I prefer that area to OBX because there's plenty to do w/in walking distance. In OBX you're either on the beach or in the car, it gets boring. In truth I'd rather be hiking in the mountains than lounging on the sand but I'm usually outvoted. |
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I'm just getting tired of:
1. The constant slew of copycat FAKEality trash that glorifies disgusting and/or promiscuous behavior.
2. Cable channels not listening to MANY viewers who protest that they don't want these types of shows anymore. 3. The power$ that be wanting to make more/spend less $. 4. So called "fans" that tell viewers, "Just don't watch it!"
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Tiz
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I might watch it just to see how they portray "southern folk". A lot has probably changed since I lived down there.
Murrells Inlet is really just about fishing and tourism. Was a bit surprised finding this video from a morning news program plugging where I lived. A short drive straight up Rt.79 from Calabash. |
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FaithSF
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Well, I generally feel the same way you do about reality TV. On the other hand, my son is a producer for reality shows, and it keeps him working. I'm glad to say that the ones he's rarely been involved in the train-wreck shows, although he was involved with the Tatum and Ryan O'Neal one a few years back--and that WAS a train wreck. Most are about jobs and design (Lifetime, A&E, HGTV, etc.). In fact, one of the recent ones he worked on is showing on Lifetime tonight after Project Runway. It's called Supermarket Superstars. Okay, so he worked on five seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race. But it was fun and, hey, it pays! (He also turned down one of the Real Housewives franchises.) |
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2 happens because of 3. If MORE people weren't telling them they DO want these type of shows(which they tell them by watching), the channels would quit airing them. As long as the shows are making them money(which they will be, as long as the "MANY viewers who protest that they don't want these types of shows anymore." are outnumbered by the even MORE viewers who watch them), the channels are going to keep making them.
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suuuuuuup and i agree about southerners not being completely uneducated. i'm 29, and aside from the first 18 months of my life (and two years overseas), i've lived south of the mason-dixon line my whole life. i'd like to think i'm not a drooling moron, and i know the people i surround myself in real life aren't. and hell, the only time i've ever been in a trailer is in grade school. due to overcrowding, some classes were taught in trailers.
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All FAKEality crap is a dime a dozen, and it all looks the same to me. I'm tired of hearing that it will never, ever go away--it HAS to YESTERDAY!
And all those fans who insist they can't get enough of this drivel need to SHUT UP AND GO AWAY! Give us back our quality TV. If those FAKEality fans don't like it, THEY can change the channel or turn off the TV, SO THERE!!!
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