Petition ABC Family to Cancel "Greek"

[KyleMcGuire1983]

Originally Posted by James

Its just free publicity for them . .

eh who knows, then again when you think about it we don't bitch and whine about Animal House and Old School we have theme parties based on them (Toga Parties were supposedly extremely rare pre-Animal House and everyone at my school has at least one a year)

[James]

The problem with toga parties is that most people don't have the bodies for it

Originally Posted by KyleMcGuire1983

eh who knows, then again when you think about it we don't bitch and whine about Animal House and Old School we have theme parties based on them (Toga Parties were supposedly extremely rare pre-Animal House and everyone at my school has at least one a year)

[kathykd2005]

Originally Posted by James

The problem with toga parties is that most people don't have the bodies for it

What exactly do bodies have to do with draped sheets? To be perfectly honest, I have not seen too many people--even those who are super buff--who look fabulous in a sheet.

[cuteASAbug]

Originally Posted by kathykd2005

What exactly do bodies have to do with draped sheets? To be perfectly honest, I have not seen too many people--even those who are super buff--who look fabulous in a sheet.

No one actually wears sheets to toga parties. At least not the girls. You go to a fabric store and buy some cute fabric.

[kathykd2005]

Originally Posted by cuteASAbug

No one actually wears sheets to toga parties. At least not the girls. You go to a fabric store and buy some cute fabric.

Because there is a HUGE difference between a large piece of fabric one puts on a bed and a gigantic piece of material one buys from a fabric store. Unless you are having your "toga" taylor-made, I doubt it makes that much of a difference.

[cuteASAbug]

Originally Posted by kathykd2005

Because there is a HUGE difference between a large piece of fabric one puts on a bed and a gigantic piece of material one buys from a fabric store. Unless you are having your "toga" taylor-made, I doubt it makes that much of a difference.

If any of your friends are crafty, you ask them for help and it can look good.

[kathykd2005]

Originally Posted by cuteASAbug

If any of your friends are crafty, you ask them for help and it can look good.

I'm not saying it can't be ok, but I would much prefer mixers with the ladies in sundresses or any other theme, and the guys in fitted shirts--that's just my preference. I preferred men draped in sheets after a few more dates. But, I'm afraid we are digressing from the topic at hand.

[ashleythetao199]

Okay, I know that I should be against the show.. and watching the commercials made me think ... way to endorse the stereotype. But after watching it, I like it. Sure it is exaggerated but this isn't a documentary. It's a tv show and it's more so about the lives of the particular characters. Come on who doesn't want to see Cappie and Casey get together? And how many Rusty's do you know? IF we protest this show, why shouldn't we protest Animal House.. because that is way worse.

[dekeguy]

Originally Posted by KyleMcGuire1983

(Toga Parties were supposedly extremely rare pre-Animal House and everyone at my school has at least one a year)

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My Dad tells me that Toga Parties were a long established tradition with DKE when he was an undergrad in the 1960's. There were several other houses that had them as well during his time there. That suggests to me Toga Parties were a regular thing more than 40 years ago.
While negative stereotypes are annoying we do have to admit that Greek Life is not ALL about philanthropy and being ever so nice-nice. In all honesty while it is primarily about brotherhood and sisterhood not all brothers are valiant and not all sisters are virtuous, to use an old fashioned phrase. A house is an extended family and we all have some bad boy/bad girl members. Frankly, if we didn't we would be a pretty boring lot. We all have stories and memories of the things that we or our fellow members got up to. In large part these are the sources of our sometimes embarassing stereotypes. So long as certain obvious limits are not crossed I think its not such a bad thing to be a bit outrageous now and then. It was, afterall, our last chance before facing the real world. The transition to solid citizen is pretty much inevitable but not totally lacking in a few "last hurrahs", nor should it be.
My Grandmother says that in her day, in her house (Pi Phi) the "received wisdom" was that DEKEs made the worst boys but the best men. Depending on your house that could probably apply to many orgs. I don't think that is such a bad rep. Do you?

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by dekeguy

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My Dad tells me that Toga Parties were a long established tradition with DKE when he was an undergrad in the 1960's. There were several other houses that had them as well during his time there. That suggests to me Toga Parties were a regular thing more than 40 years ago.

That's true on many campuses. Where does everyone suppose that Animal House got the idea? It is allegedly based on a particular chapter of a national fraternity.

[exlurker]

More Episodes Ordered

Variety reports that ABC Family has ordered 10 more episodes, in addition to the 10 originally ordered. The short article also mentions the show's demographics.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=14&cs=1

This makes me happy personally. I like the show, but mostly because I like over dramatic and outrageous shows in general . It'd be funny if Greek did a little bit in one of the episodes about an online discussion board for greeks. It'd be like "The Valley" on The OC and then "Serman Oaks: The Real Valley".

[KyleMcGuire1983]

This thread will haunt me for the rest of my time on GC....

never the less I am starting to find the show more and more outlandish and offensive as weeks go by