sorority Life

[phisig4life]

Has anyone seen the mtv commercials for sorority life 2 and frat life? Am i the only one annoyed beyond beleif by these commercials?

[Little E]

ok here's the thing.
(I know I'm bad to start a convo on this but...)
I know that everyone whines about how horrible the show is. I agree the first season misrepresented Greek Life, but yet it was amusing. I enjoyed laughing at their drama and whatnot, because I'm sure the drama in my house looks that dumb sometimes.
Why not do it as a big/lil event and with the new pledges about the realities of Greek Life or do it as an informal rush, or even just an event between houses. Maybe I'm off key here, but do something proactive about it. Talk about it, be honest and see if that gets farther than just whining about how much is misrepresents GLOs.
I'm sorry, I'm just sick of people whining about the show, but many people watch it anyhow. Use it to your advantage, turn it around and address it in the open. That is my two cents. Do what you will with it.

[phisig4life]

I'm not complaining about the show..I was fully addicted to the first season of sorority life. (although i won't apologize for the fact i do think it was a misrepresentation of the AVERAGE sorority). I don't expect MTV to put the plain average stuff we do everyday on tv because in all seriousness who would watch it? I just think the commercials are fully irritating.

side note: Wasn't the chapter on sorority life a local? I heard recently they are trying to go national now.

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by phisig4life


side note: Wasn't the chapter on sorority life a local? I heard recently they are trying to go national now.

I don't believe they're trying to affiliate with a national -- that was never their intention. And besides, no NPC group would take them now, and I'm pretty sure they knew that. I did hear, though, that they got enough publicity from "Sorority Life" that something like 15 different schools contacted them wanting to start Sigma chapters, so that may be what you're referring to.

All the organizations taped by MTV are locals; none of the national organizations would consent to being on the show.

[stargirl725]

The commercials don't bother me at all -- the "Sorority Life" one cracks me up every time because one of my mom's friends really is just like that lady.

But I miss the barbie commercials. Say what you want about Sorority Life, those were CLASSIC!

[MTSUGURL]

Little E, you rock!

I too miss the Barbie doll commercials. *sigh*

[SoCalGirl]

I adore the new commercials! Love the accent, love the pearls, love the kelly green and lavender dress. It's just so, so stereotypical southern sorority woman! I laugh every time. The way she says D Z O is classic! I do hope they bring back the Barbie dolls at the end of the season to reenact scenes though.

I know someone in another thread said the commercials made it look like it was going to be all party all the time, but I did not see anything over the top. Think of all the stuff you do in a semester and cram it into less than 30 seconds. Even if you hardly party at all, it'll look crazy!

Did anyone notice that they're focusing on twice as many of the fraternity brothers than the sisters? I checked out the site and the list of bros goes on and on. Does that mean the guys are half as boring that they need twice as many men????

[mmcat]

there aren't that many girls in the sorority. i checked out the web site and it looks like a fairly small group.

[texas*princess]

I haven't seen the commercials yet, but I was wondering.. when does the second season start?

As much as I disliked the show the first time around, I'm a total 'reality-tv' addict


And I agree with everyone who says "Bring back the Barbie commericals!!!!" please?

[33girl]

I have a feeling the commercials where they refer to the Fraternity Life stars as "Sigma Chi men" won't be on very long, unless they want to get their butts sued...

[adduncan]

Originally posted by phisig4life
Has anyone seen the mtv commercials for sorority life 2 and frat life? Am i the only one annoyed beyond beleif by these commercials?

No.

However, I crossed over from annoyance into nausea after the first one.

I'd be interested in hearing from the locals whether they actually believed that their dignity would be preserved in this whole process, rather than having it offered up like a toy mouse to a cat.

More than ever, I appreciate the nationals who set rules in place on MTV at the very beginning.

Adrienne (PNAM-2003)

[Eirene_DGP]

Originally posted by Little E
ok here's the thing.
(I know I'm bad to start a convo on this but...)
I know that everyone whines about how horrible the show is. I agree the first season misrepresented Greek Life, but yet it was amusing. I enjoyed laughing at their drama and whatnot, because I'm sure the drama in my house looks that dumb sometimes.
Why not do it as a big/lil event and with the new pledges about the realities of Greek Life or do it as an informal rush, or even just an event between houses. Maybe I'm off key here, but do something proactive about it. Talk about it, be honest and see if that gets farther than just whining about how much is misrepresents GLOs.
I'm sorry, I'm just sick of people whining about the show, but many people watch it anyhow. Use it to your advantage, turn it around and address it in the open. That is my two cents. Do what you will with it.

I totally agree with you Little E. You have to keep in mind that TV is just entertainment. I mean we have a parody of everything else already.

[maggieaxid]

i am a sorority life addict- i admit this....but i am kind of annoyed that they areusing the XI incorrectly...it's either Delta ZEEE omega, or Delta ZEYE omega, it can't be both.

[ZTAMich]

Sigma T-Shirt

yup yup yup

[Tibi]

Something with the wording on that t-shirt doesn't seem exactly correct....I dunno, but it seems like in"From the Bible to MTV, Jewish women still strong" is missing something, a few words maybe?