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Originally posted by trixxi
As someone who was in the commercial for the "sorority life" show, I can speak first hand about how editing completely changes things. We were all asked questions and gave short responses to those questions. One question was what you would say to someone who doesn't like sororities. Some of us gave answers like "you might think that it's all about parties, but really..." and they just used the part that said "parties." They asked us specifically about the social scene so we said, "yeah there are parties, but that's not our focus" and they just use "parties." You'll notice that there are no complete sentences, just two or three words because they used our words COMPLETELY out of context. They never asked us what the real reason was for our joining a sorority in those interviews. They just added that in during post-production. Therefore, I urge all of you to think critically about what you see. Realize that's it's only a tiny fraction of what they shot, that we might say things like "she's this or that, but i still love her as a sister" and they could cut that second part out. Also, they clearly can take our answers to one question and pretend they've asked us another. We are not selfish girls, and we aren't out to ruin the reputation of any house. We thought that we could dispell some of the stereotypes that exist. That is why we entered into this and that's what we'd hoped to have gotten out of it.
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I'm afraid I can't disagree with any of the recent posts to this thread. Whatever promises made to you and your chapter, you will not see the wholesome good entertainment that you've been hoping for. Mtv knows that no one will watch a show about good girls in college living together. If they want ratings, they are going to really give you a run for your money. I just can't see any other way this show will profit them unless it's trash tv. Someone broke up with their boyfriend, a sister cheated on another, fights, conflict, partying, sex stories, drugs, if you think you made a small comment about it, Mtv will exploit it as far as they can.
Don't let the fact that the producer was greek fool you, in the business world, money is the real initiative. Ladies, I hope we all have just gone on and on about the worst possible situation and that it's just a bad dream. I sincerely hope that none of this happens, but whenever GLO's and the media mix, nothing positive ever materializes. Just my opinion, and trust me, I want to be wrong!
- RUgreek