Have you ever had a sweet 16 or been spoiled down to the bone?
MTV's new show "Exiled" takes the most spoiled, bratty, pre-Madonna's of "My Super Sweet 16" and puts them out into the real world to Morocco, Thailand, Kenya, etc. The idea being: only the poverty of the third world can scare straight the spoiled princesses of the MTV world.
Three episodes have premiered already(Amanda, Ava, and Chelsi) and the show has already become a hit. The beginning of every episode begins with the parents breaking the hard news to their child. In the end, most of them learn a life-long lesson, but then again do they really? The purpose isn't to make them famous, but to show them how lucky they are in our "Top-Notched" society compared to the third world countries.
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| Episode 1: Amanda. |
Amanda Tillander's(Episode one) father Bobby had this to say about his daughter; "She's a great kid, but used to sit around and moan and wait for me to do everything". But Amanda had other thoughts "I thought it was going to be something cool to go, that they weren't going to send me someplace bad". From just doing hard work like: Walking several miles for water, shovelling cow dung, and cleaning up after elephants.
Whether or not this show is truly a "teachable moment" as Ian Rove, vice president at MTV has said, it is thought provoking.
One student, freshman Selina Woodruff, when considering what it would be like to be transplanted to the third world said, "I'd feel more appreciative for what I have. In the long run, I'd appreciate it."
Sophomore Tori Jourdan had a different reaction. "I'd be mad, and scream at my parents. And be scared of the bus."
While some students thought it would be a disastrous experiment, others like sophomore Beatrice Cruz, suggested that they might welcome the challenge. Cruz said, "I'd tell my parents, 'Fine be like that!' and play with the cheetahs."
