Jersey Shore Cast on Strike; Asian is the New Guido?
Word is, less than two weeks before the second season premiere, the entire cast of "Jersey Shore" is officially on strike due to some serious contract negotiation issues. Apparently, the Situation's lower abdominals are asking for twice as much as the rest of the entire cast combined. Or something. So shaken up was she, that Snookie "accidentally" posted her Blackberry BBM to her twitter account (really, how does one accidentally log on to Twitter and accidentally type in the number to their smart phone?) and the cannoli-sized starlet was immediately inundated with texts begging her to reconsider. Or pleading with her to take a shower. Or calling for her extradition back to Loompaland. So many of her dedicated Twitter followers phoned it in, in fact, that poor Snookie had to lose the offending phone and get a new one...just to escape the hordes of fans desperately trying to get her advice on the most effective brand of Herpes cream.
No news yet on when and if this strike will end, but never fear! Even if J-Woww and company never reach a resolution and disappear from the airwaves forever (heaven forbid), a new pilot making the rounds is gunning to fill the greasy void they'll leave behind. "K-Town," the rumored J.S. for the Asian-American set, has officially began filming. The show hasn't been picked up by a network yet, it's still being shopped around; but we have complete faith that most studio execs know reality gold when they see it. From the looks of this reel, the cast of the show (an unprecedented eight members) are pretty much prototypes of the "Jersey Shore" set....except, well, Asian. Heavily muscled gym rats? Check. Drunk chicks sporting back and butt cleavage? Check, check. "K-Town," which is filmed mostly in Koreatown in Los Angeles looks like it should do for Asian Americans exactly what did for Italian Americans. Namely, make a mockery of their heritage, degrade their traditions, and make their mothers cry. Not too shabby for yet another show that looks like it was shot with Joe Francis' flip cam. Not too shabby at all.
For now, we can only hope that someone sees the same star potential in these crazy kids that MTV saw in Mike Sorrentino's abs before they were subject to copyright infringement. Until "K-Town" hits Oxygen, or whatever other channel-that-features-desperate-people-behaving-desperately that picks it up (have you seen the Bad Girls Club? If not, go ahead, and don't), we'll just pray that MTV gives Pauly D and the gang what they're asking for. Honestly, what's a couple of gift certificates to Sizzler and lifetime memberships to Tan-o-rama to you guys anyway, MTV?