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Thursday, September 6, 2007
Boozing it up at the MTV awards
MTV is revamping to include free-flowing alcohol. Do our kids really need to see this?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I read in the Aug. 31st issue of “Entertainment Weekly” that in an effort to increase ratings and re-invent themselves yet again, MTV is revamping its MTV Video Music Awards. Among the changes: Filming the awards show all around the Palms Casino Resort and, like the Golden Globes, letting the liquor flow freely to the participants. (Hopefully all will be of legal age!) The show will air this Sunday and only once.
I officially feel like an old fogie saying this, but do we really need MTV corrupting our kids anymore?
They’ve taught out daughters how to dress trashy and dance way too provocatively. They’ve taught our sons how be thugs and be disrespectful to women.
And now you can argue they are promoting, and at the very least glamorizing, drinking and gambling.
You know I’m no teetotaler. Have a beer, have some wine but let’s not make it look like the greatest thing in the world to our very impressionable teen-agers, who already think these music stars are the coolest things around.
I think the Golden Globes are mostly adults participating (except for the occasional Dakota Fanning) with adults watching. We know alcohol combined with speeches means funny speeches, but does MTV really need to encourage it? Aren’t a lot of the musicians already toasted?
What do you think? Should MTV allow the alcohol to flow freely at the awards show? Will you watch it with your tweens and teens? Will you talk with them about it?
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