Friday, May 09, 2014

EDREWtorial: I'm Sick of Maury Doing Out-of-Control Teen Girls Shows

Syndicated talk show Maury has been a part of the pop-culture lexicon for many years, with its trashy segments, infamous guests, annoying audience members and their one-worded screams (plus the many times the producers showed their reactions; have you noticed this like I have?), and the dorky old-white-man fashions Povich wears during the show's history. One thing that sticks out to me is the shows about wild, crazy, out of control teenage girls. These girls are really bad people who used to be really good people, and their parents want them to stop their out-of nowhere behavior and return to the sweet, innocent young women they previously were.

Here's the basic breakdown: Their parents are on stage crying because how much their daughters have ruined their relationship, and destroyed their reputations (their families and their own), and how much they've had sex, smoked drugs, drank alcohol, beat on their parents and/or siblings, say how good they look and ect. Then the girls come out and verbally argue with the studio audience and later brag to Maury about their behavior and brag about their escapades and such. Then a "special guest" comes to the stage to tell them about how they're ruining their families' lives, along with their own, and things would get worse if they continued. Straight after, the guest takes the girls on a lovely trip to jail (or a homeless shelter or street corner,) to see where things could happen if/when they continue their horrible rampage. Sometimes, they go a photo shoot to show off how really sexy they are. This particular segment happened for years; one of them featured all the girls going to boot camp. Here's a perfect episode that shows everything about this show segment.
This one also features a mom who acts the same way as her daughter, too.


Just last Thursday, the show aired an episode of these where teenage girls are confronted for their crazy, out-of-control behavior. And the "special guest" was former star of Teen Mom Amber Portwood. Here's a snippet of the show with an "EXCLUSIVE" interview with Portwood, in which she throws shade at celebrities including Justin Bieber.

After that, she took them to a shelter. Yup, things'll get better after that. This is fine and whatever, but this won't solve a major long-term problem in this country. So I ask this question:
Why won't this show have shows with teenage BOYS? They're just as destructive, borderline and sex-crazed, if not worse. they commit rapes, unwanted pregnancies, violent crimes and even murder. They've been influence by rappers and movies involving violence, sex and Maybe the producers are afraid of them, maybe they don't want to cross their paths, so that they don't get beat up or stomped or kicked or jumped or have their limbs detached. This show already featured grown men who beat up their fiances and wives and generally treat them like crap. So why not have if that doesn't tell you that it's too late for them, then they're really in a bind now. It not just the teenaged girls of today causing the problem; it's also the teenaged BOYS causing them too. In fact, it's the teenagers of today in general causing problems in this country. There was nothing like this back the day. The only people causing horrible problems like violence, rape and such were deranged adults with mental problems. Teens do less terrible things. I'm not saying Maury should stop doing this particular segment of the show; it's doing a great job. I'm just sick of it doing teen girls shows, without doing a few shows with teen boys too.
I'd be very pleased if Maury ever does a show on teen boys. If it doesn't work out the same way the teen girls shows does, then that's fine. I don't want to be the person to make the producers do something they don't want to do.

Also, I think the show need to stop its recent trend of having twin guests wear the same damn clothes every time a DNA test show airs.

It was funny the first time, but now it's more annoying than humorous. Maybe it's just me.













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