Looks like MTV's new series Skins is causing quite an uproar in the media.
Skins, originally a British series and later adopted and remade by MTV, follows around a group teenagers who face issues such as mental illnesses, substances abuse, dysfunctional families, sexual orientation identity, death and more; however, some viewers find their depictions of American Teens to be too extreme.
The Parents Television Council, a conservative advocacy group, feels the show is inappropriate and could be on the verge of violating child pornography laws. According to the Council, Skins glamorizes teen drug and alcohol use.
"Skins is the most dangerous program ever to foisted on your children."~The Parents Television Counsel
According to MTV, they review each scene before airing and would not put out a series that would question the law.
Due to the current controversies, many companies, such as: Subway and Taco Bell have pulled current advertisements and future ones from the series during air time.
But here's the gimmick!!!
The plots of the series is generated entirely by ideas and personal stories from Teens around the United States. So all those against the show should really focus in on what Teens in America are actually up to. I watched the show and I found that the scenes in the pilot episode was common situations extremely exaggerated. (No fifteen year old walks around with a bottle of Svedka... ) BUT, nonetheless, people argue that reality shows aren't realistic and the media negatively influences us; however, when given real examples of real situations, we can't handle it??? I think people need to open their closed-minds and realize substances abuse, mental illnesses etc are real situations that needs to be addressed.
MTV is a very successful company. They know what they're doing. This controversy=buzz=awareness=more viewers. As long as they keep it legal, what's the crime?
Sounds DAME good entertaining to me!
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