Thursday, February 18, 2010

Persians, the next Guidos?


In a story that my cousin told not too long ago, she loses a pair of large Gucci knock off sunglasses during a ski trip with her classmates. On the way up the slope in search of the glasses, her friend approaches her with the glasses and asks "are these your persians?" In the past, people that I have talked to seemed oblivious to Persian culture and its ways. But to my surprise, people have learned about these cultural ways and have already created a set of stereotypes with them. The stereotypical Persian is known for flaunting his/her wealth through designer clothing and flashy jewelery. With that in mind, I get the feeling that this stereotype will soon catch on with mainstream media (in fact, it already has through South Park) similar to the way MTV created Jersey Shore after the release of the popular youtube video "My New Haircut" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JMOh-cul6M). I think that this trend shows that the public is fascinated by the unknown subcultures within America and that television/media companies act on this by creating shows to pander to this fascination. My question to you, my esteemed reader, is what will MTV call their next probable reality tv show on Persians? Tehrangeles perhaps? Only time will tell.

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