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Originally posted by WhiteDaisy128
On a slightly tangent note: How smart of the history chanel to play the history of cleavage right after a show on Fraternity Men. I bet they retained a lot of people after "Frat Boys" ended. 
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I turned it off immediately. Now, if it had been on legs...
Just a couple of thoughts. No flames to anyone.
On some of the things "we" perceive were left out, while it may be possible to ask better questions, a good documentary won't put words into the mouths of those interviewed. It repeats what they said. So, if it wasn't discussed on tape, it won't make it into the program.
As for mottos, many are secret. And frankly, I only heard ours in Ritual. Not many alums have seen their Ritual in many years. It's not a surprize to me that they couldn't repeat it (assuming it wasn't secret). Remember that you undergrads are living the Greek life -- for alums it's not nearly as front and center as it is for you. As for the foundations upon which the organization was built and it's goals and aspirations, that's another matter. I'd like to think we can all remember those.
A word about sororities, and doing a show on them. Sorry, ladies, in contrast to the fraternities, you're boring. Just kidding of course, but think about it. It's the fraternities who have the reputation of hazing and wild parties and drinking and letchery. And, that's what sells. Not that there aren't hazing incidents in the sororities, but the preponderance is on the fraternity side.
And finally, I think that most of the comments about the show here have been constructive -- and I think that most of us have given the producers fairly high marks. No presentation like this one will be perfect and all encompasing, so critical comments will naturally follow. As will comment like mine with opinions on why and how some things did or didn't get done.
All in all, a very strong effort by The History Channel -- I suspected it would be. There's a vast distance, editorially speaking, between them and MTV.