BET's "Hot Ghetto Mess" Too Controversial for Broadcast Television
Two Sponsors Have Dropped Their Ad Spots from the Controversial BET Television Show
BET home viewers are able to submit home videos to BET cable television for possible inclusion in BET's latest television show entitled "Hot Ghetto Mess" which will be a blend of reality TV and interviews with black people that BET claims will inspire viewers to improve their communities through giving negative and positive feedback regarding their poor circumstances in life.
"Hot Ghetto Mess" is a six-episode series that Charlie Murphy, brother of Eddie Murphy, will be hosting. The show is based on an outrageous web site that has always featured photos of ridiculous hair styles, and mind-numbing hip hop clothes that is atypical of the more subdued fashion statements of quality hip hop stars such as 50 Cent or Dr. Dre.
BLACK WOMEN ARE NOT AMUSED BY THEIR DEPICTIONS ON "HOT GHETTO MESS"
Many media watchdog groups that have black women in their ranks are taking up arms against BET's production of this new show. They claim that "Hot Ghetto Mess" is portraying black women in very demeaning terms and they accuse BET of profiting off of horrible portrayals of African American women that plenty of other Hollywood producers have been accused of doing in the past.
BET managers have fired back in response by stating that all groups of people are depicted in "Hot Ghetto Mess" and just because a few media groups are up in arms about some of their show's comedic antics is no reason to cancel the series before all people can decide for themselves just how much bad taste is being represented in their new BET show.
TWO SPONSORS HAVE ALREADY PULLED OUT OF "HOT GHETTO MESS"
State Farm Insurance and Home Depot recently asked BET to drop all advertising from the ad spots that they already had in place during the new BET show's July 25th premiere. All of the other advertisers that will continue to keep their ad spots during the show's debut have simply decided to wait and see what the general audience's reaction will be to the shenanigans going on in during the new show's debut.
''This is all a desperate attempt to catch up with their network cousin, VH1, home of Flavor of Love, I Love New York, and Charm School,'' claims the web site called "What about our daughters?", which is a media site that is in constant conflict with black shows that put their characters in a bad light. Other critics of "Hot Ghetto Mess" said that they feel that the show continues to perpetuate the negative black stereotypes that Hollywood has always been a part of for the past 75 years.
This is not the first time that a show has had sponsors pull their advertising after fearing a nationwide boycott, and it will not be the last. Hopefully, this show will actually deliver what executives at BET have said it will, and that is providing provocative entertainment while also giving a voice to the people most effected by living in a poor drug-addled environment.
Published by Rob Mead
I am a freelance writer living in the Las Vegas area and I write for many high-tech audio/video component websites such as Home Entertainment and SoundStageAV.com on a regular basis. View profile
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4 Comments
Post a CommentWhy haven't we as black american learned to free ourselves from what they expect of US!U know who I MEAN!
hot ghetto mess;
i think people need to face reality,some of us wanna dress, talk,look an even act in such a way that is jus "wrong" and i think that if u cant see it for yourself then someone needs to enlighten you.Yes you are free to do what u want,but are you so free in some circumstances, to go to such extreme so as to embarass yourselfs? I agree that this sort of thing is sterotype,because this is not just ghetto or african americans,but wealthy people in our society fall in this category as well,black or white;its just that we do not see it all the time.We all need to be role models and we all should just face reality.
In all honesty, HOT GHETTO MESS is a wake-up for all that is upset. Why? Because evidently if someone tells you something good, but its not good to your ears and eyes you feel the need to lash out @ the ones with similar aspects of the ABSOLUTE(100%)REAL REAL. None of the greats (Leaders, teachers, prophets, etc.)did'nt hit soft when it came down to punchlines of tough topics. So, when you lie about truth, truth is thats a lie.
The sad thing about this is people actually sent in video's to a show named Hot Ghetto Mess. I can see BET going after a America's Funniest Videos type of show for African Americans BUT instead it seems to be aiming for every negative sterotype in the African American community.