Sunday, September 6, 2009
Why?
How many of us have been unlucky enough to flip through the channels and stumble across a show called Tiny & Toya? This show stars Tiny who's claim to fame is being rapstar T.I.'s "babies momma." Tiny was also a singer in former R&B group Xscape in the late 90's. Even less remarkable, is Toya whose superstardom comes from being rapstar Lil Wayne's ex-wife. My question is: Why is this a show? This show consists of a half hour of random nothingness and makes me question who's bright idea it was to give these two 'hoodrats' air time on what used to be a fairly good network. Why do people care about the lives of two has beens that are only know because of what their BETTER halves have achieved? Its' almost like teaching your son to shoot for second string on the football team and telling him as long as the starters play well he will win too without having to do SQUAT!! What message are we sending our teenagers who tune in every week unknowingly having their young minds turned to mush.In a micro point of view that teenager might be sitting on someone couch now vegging-out to some of that garbage right now. The values that you may teach them are being pushed to the side and the crap that is seen in the street is being reinforced. People then wonder why their teenagers make dumbass decisions and the first thing parents say is he\she should know better.On a macro point of view when people come from different countries an they see what American kids are watching they almost fall out of there chairs or either jump on their pc's an blog about how dumb American kid are. Personally this embarrassment makes me want to tell people I am from elsewhere.In conclusion, parents please spend time teaching your kids or BET and MTV will do it for you.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I agree on whats being said because i do feel as if the Tiny and Toya show are a waste of air time. If they weren't partners of successful artist then they would not be recognized in the media. Our society should be focusing on individuals who have made an impact on the world. Instead of airing the show Tiny and Toya we should be focusing on the more hard hitting issues such as teen pregnancy and drug abuse that will further help the African American community.
ReplyDeleteThe only reason shows such as those make air time is because America is addicted to drama. They hope by putting individuals such as, “Tiny and Toya”, on TV they will grab the attention of Americas thirst for drama. It is sad that we allow shows like that to air, when we have such impressionable youth. It is also sad that youth today would rather watch mindless drama, then flipping to the history or discovery channel. If only there was a way to combine the two, so we’d have a better chance of conveying a more wholesome message to the coming generations.
ReplyDelete