the street is where it's at
- Started
- Last post
- 12 Responses
- kingjulien
Growing up Gotti is now my favorite show. I've always been amused by white kids acting black, but the fusion of Italian gangsta culture with Sean John jumpsuits, Kangos, EK sunglasses, and Shady doo-rags makes this required viewing for anybody trying to get a pulse on American culture.
Now, if the execs were smart, they'd tap into the next big thing in reality viewing: Asian Fast and the Furious karoake barfighting. This will be huge. Hot girls with attitude, tricked out Civics, and two groups battling over Love on the Rocks and the theme song from The Goonies.
- warheros0
haha asian fast and the furious karoake barfighting? right.
american culture? please.
- Gilt0010
The "pulse of American culture"?? Please, those are the bleeding wrists with longitudinal razor cuts....
I actually don't believe America has a "culture". Other than gross consumerism, but I'd rather not be associated with that...
- Mimio0
America defintely has a culture ...and it's for sale.
- kingjulien0
Actually Gilt, that's what I was critiquing. Our culture is at an extreme state of consumerism. To paraphrase Tyler Durden, too many of us are working at jobs we hate so that we can purchase things we don't really need. The kids on this show embody the worst of everything, but they're merely a microcosm of the rest of society. If a documentary crew followed Ameircan kids anywhere, it would be the same thing. That's why it is so disturbing yet intriguing at the same time.
- Gilt0010
Yeah, you're dead on kingj. It's nearly impossible to live a life that isn't based on "things" and the act of obtaining them. I have a hard time watching stars and celebrities "be themselves". What they drive. How many TV's they have in their cars. How many cars they have TV's in. It's disgusting if you think about it. I mean, ultimately, does anyone give a rats ass about your and your TV ridden cars?
I can definitely attest to my being contrary to the norm. Personally I have about $25K worth of credit cards I could readily wrack up charges on. I could have that iPod. I could have that new G5. I could easily run a cat-back exhaust on my car AND upgrade the suspension. But I don't. Because I choose buy what I NEED and just throw in what I WANT every now and then.
I should watch that show. Just add a few more rounds to my argument "clip".
- mrdobolina0
shutup hippies.
;)
- brooke0
I don't watch the show but I like how the sons pluck their eyebrows.
- mrdobolina0
I saw it for the first time last night and one of those kids was wearing a pink sweatshirt and pink headband. When did it become dope to dress like pat benatar?
- mrdobolina0
also, anyone who wears visible gel in their hair has problems.
- kingjulien0
I'm starting a cult. We're moving to Oregon, buying a plot of land, and growing our own food. The rules are you must donate all of your material items to the kingJulien trust fund prior to stepping foot on our property. If and when you decide to leave, your property will be returned, minus a small surcharge for storage. As far as lifestyle goes, culture will be everything. Every morning we will awake to nothing but west coast gangsta shit. Ice Cube's Amerikkka's Most Wanted will be a staple of our diet. Tuesday and Thursday evenings willl be dedicated to Hype Williams videos. While other cults have preached this return to nature crap, our focus will be on being dapper. Hair breading, ice rockin', ab building, beanpie slangin and the accumulation of anything flossy. There will be a seminar on the proper use of "ite". We already have a sponsor, BigBallin and it don't stop energy juice. If you want to be down, if you know how to sport a red ragadoo, and if you're a hot female between 18-28, please hit me up.
- Gilt0010
I've got the Gotti boys on the phone kingJulien.
They want first dibs on their plots of land. They'll give you an iced out spinner necklace in exchange.
- grayhood0
i just put rims on my nipples, will that get me in?