hello
 

is anybody on the BET.COM chat with KINDA???

Ok. Can we say THROWN TOGETHER. Because that is exactly what happened with this show.

Who are these people?
Where are they staying on campus?
What does the suite look like? I mean can I get a peep? Just a little look see?
Who rooms with whom?
Who is that R.A.?
What was that fight sceen all about? Did we really need to see two girls fighting that weren't even part of the show? C'mon now.

What a tragedy for BET.

Re: Kinda
 

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Tattered. TATTERED! I don't know why, but this description had me howling with laughter! :D
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Embarrassing is an understatement. BET should be run off of television.

I just felt sorry for the child's parents. Especially the father, I can just imagine his embarrassment. If I were him, her behind would not be attending any school that I work for. Sistergirl was a mess. I can't stand when people wear house slippers outside! Not to mention the big furry ones. I won't even get on her nickname and promiscuity. The Dean's daughter. *shaking head*
I know what sorority she WILL NOT be joining. That high ethical and moral standards clause has killed many an interest.

;)

jabari uh reminds me uh of the guy we've all seen and uh we all feel sorry for because he has no uh friends but we don't want to be his friend because he's uh weird

kinda is the girl that runs wild and garners an unsavory reputation her freshman year and then comes back to school deciding she wants to pledge but can't seem to understand why no one will give her a chance.

delano--if he's going to be that big could he at least wear some clothes?? i was eating a bowl of chili when i saw him in that wife-beater with the extra flesh hanging out of the arms of the shirt and with all that hair all over his back and i straight lost my appetite

the r.a. seems a bit sugary

their "palace" doesn't hold a candle to what you see on mtv. bet is definitely viacom's "red-headed step child."

Will you love him better now that he is DELANO?!?!!? :p I mean I know he is not AceDawg, but maybe you will see him in a different light. :o

http://www.bet.com/images/contesttit...itle012304.jpg
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Thanks Dancerella.:)

ETA: BET is THEEEEEEEE JANKIEST SO and SOs. Only these clowns will have one pic with 2 codes!!!!!

Thanks to you CT4 for your posting help!:D

Yeah, I thought the RA was a bit Sugary also. I glad someone caught that.

I am looking at this picture with Delano and a Que shirt, I am guessing that will come out in later episodes. But guess what......I won't be watching.

I don't really know what to think of the show. I think that we have been too tainted by reality tv and that the casting is trying too hard to fit into certain categories...the slut, the jock, the beauty, the nerd, etc.

I don't think the interactions will be natural because there is still too mcuh other stuff going on.

(sidebar)Why do they have that pitiful looking pregnant girl on there?

I just really think it's poorly produced and developed. It could have been a great opportunity to show black college students and their struggles with racism, overcoming obstacles, and still excelling. But instead, we have a bunch of country bumpkins, stereotypes, and ignorant behavior.

it's the real world folks
 

In all of it's ghetto, triflin, messed up glory! Reality Shows are about creating drama first so they don't PICK the people who are fully functional to BEGIN with. Dysfunction is their business.

And FYI, this is not a movie. This is not Malcolm X, or Driving Miss Daisy, or something that sets out to show how persecuted we are, and oh don't we just always overcome and aren't we the most special, entitledcakes. It shows people being people in all of their truly messed up glory. None of these folks are that different from people you probably know in real life. With the exception of No Panties, you have probably done some of the same dumb stuff in your own life that these kids are getting sooo criticized for doing on tv. In real life people DON'T always excel. In real life people make mistakes. In real life sometimes racism wins. In real life black folks can be both ghetto and country and are often both.

If you want to see perfect black students being perfect and doing everything they're supposed to do BET also shows a movie of the week periodically that will be more to your taste.

And I don't LIKE BET. I hate it. But I think some of the criticisms here are slightly ridiulous- black folks have wanted something like this forever- if the people on it don't act what you see as being the right way then that is not their fault. It's on the people being filmed.

The movie is Juwanna Mann with Miguel Nunez, Jr. and Vivica Fox.

http://www.juwannamann.com/images/tommysmile.jpg


Also, regarding going out in Lafayette, we did it often when I was at LSU (back in the Flintstone era) just for a change of pace. BR only has so many good night spots. We would come into NO sometimes too.

Yes, that was the movie...that you so much. Uh and uh I really that pic today of Tommy because I am falling out laughing right about now. I can hear him in the back of my mind again.

Re: it's the real world folks
 

If there were more reality shows that gave realistic views into the lives of black people, it might be alright for this show to air along with those.

I'm not looking for perfection, but more than a satisfaction of popular stereotypes. I shouldn't have to watch movies to see black people doing positive things. That happens in real life, on a frequent basis. So, why shouldn't the ONE channel that's supposedly entertaining us, show more of those instances and leave us feeling good about ourselves at the end of the night? I don't see a problem with wanting that.

Yes, there are black people who are ghetto and country. BET shows them on videos and award shows every day. So, I guess this show is just following suit instead of treading a new path.