I watched the season finale of “AWKWARD.” on MTV last night.
I admit the humor of this show entertains me and I enjoyed both season one and
two (I probably shouldn’t admit this to the world at my age, but whatever).
“Teen Mom 1”, I viewed every episode, not going to lie about it. Sometimes I
would watch “Teen Mom” and then right after start watching “AWKWARD.” and I
found this to an ironic combination.
“Teen Mom”, follows real teenage moms. The purpose of the
show, according to Dr. Drew, is to promote to MTV’s young audience to either
wait to become sexually active or to always use protection. By watching a bunch
a dramatic 18-year-olds raise their children, I feel the shows purpose may also
be a scare tactic of how life might possibly suck to raise a kid so young. I
mean I love my friend’s kids, but if you decide to perform the act of sex do it
responsibly and be aware of the consequences.
“AWKWARD”, a fake sitcom on MTV, chronicles the life of an
average girl who sleeps with a jock at her high school and their secret sexual
relations. Then she involves herself in a love triangle with the jocks BFF. I
believe the show probably depicts an average high school in America. Even the
sarcastic humor and the shortening of words and abbreviations of phrases remind
me of stuff I see on Facebook daily (to my age people it reminds me of a modern
day “Clueless”, watch it if you want to know how growing up in the 90’s
appeared).
I guess observing these two show concepts back-to-back,
makes me wonder which message MTV really wants to promote. “Teen Mom” attempts to stop the teen pregnancy
epidemic in America. While the other promotes the sex sells concept and tells
16-year-olds that sleeping around in high school should be considered cool.
Isn’t it ironic…don’t you think? As much as I love both shows (as an adult),
I’m just sayin’ that MTV may be sending American teens mixed messages and I bet
they may be adding to the list of applicants for the next season of “16 and
Pregnant”.
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