Members of the sorority told The Enterprise they had mixed feelings after the show aired last summer. Much of the show focused on drinking, wild parties and conflicts between the members.
"We realize we might have been naive, but we thought the show would depict more of our Jewish beliefs, values and traditions," sorority president Becca Ballon said last December. "That's at least what they (MTV representatives) told us when they approached us about the show."
Whatever you say, Becca. I guess MTV wanted to show a full season of havdalah services and Passover observance -- because matzoh and gefilte fish make for compelling television for today's 18-29 viewers -- and had no interest in showing, perhaps, the pledges getting completely drunk at your big spring formal ("That's not a double, sweetie!") before ditching it to go to a strip club. Who'd want to see that?
Genetta Adams of Newsday knows what I'm talking about:
[T]he girls on "Sorority Life" were ... so prissy, so shallow and so self-absorbed. And I couldn't wait to see what they'd do next.
There was the episode in which Candace, in her perpetually drunken state, kissed the guy who Amanda had a crush on, literally behind her back - Amanda was having a conversation nearby. When she turned around and witnessed the lip lock, she freaked!! And there was the time when Jessica tried to talk a friend out of taking home this guy, and her friend slapped her!! The horror!! Then there was the season finale ... well, you get the idea.
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