Greek- the TV show

BaltoAlphaPsi · #1 02-12-2009, 02:56 PM

ABC family is about to walk into the 4th chapter of the TV series "GREEK"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0976014/
"Freshman Rusty arrives at college and decides he no longer wants to be the boring geek from high school. Now he must deal with his sister, sorority girl Casey, who denies his existence, Evan, his sister's boyfriend who denied him a bid to his fraternity because he told Casey about his infidelity, Dale his uptight roommate who thinks Greeks are only about drinking and fornication, and Calvin and his new friend who is in Evan's fraternity and having trouble dealing with his homosexuality." -IMDB plot summary

Do you watch it? Do you feel is a proper picture of Greek life.

The show touches on many subjects that any college student can relate: Relationships, cheating, credit card debt, pressure to lose virginity, drinking, drugs. Except this show is ABOUT Greek life, and it is filmed in 3 primary fictional houses. ZBZ sorority, Omega Chi - the #1 fraternity on campus, sweater vest and trust fund men, and Kappa Tau Gamma - party boys, slackers, the like. You hear about others like the slut sorority (Tri-pi) and the nerdy Fraternity - Phi Chi Psi (or something like that)

Anyway- Because this show revolves around the family of Greek life, it talks about hazing, though no one is what one would severely hazed, (beaten, forced to drink, forced to break laws) hazing is involved, KT pledge Rusty has to serve his brothers drinks in a dress and blond wig. and do his brothers errands all during the pledge process.... which in the show is a school year long.

The show also deals with the issue of a gay pledge, who - though is legacy - he dropps out of pledging because his soon to be brothers felt betrayed and lied to, and he feels it wasn't their business if he was gay (he did not let them know he was homosexual until ZBZ Ashlee let it slip).

Do you feel this show is a risk management issue? Would you be offended if someone though of your Sorority/fraternity in this light? Do you feel this is accurate in the fact that, just like any organizations, issues in leadership arise, and nationals has to step in, (as seen in the ZBZ house where the orig pres wants to hide an issue from nationals and gets removed from her presidency)

How does this show put greek life in a bad light? Or does is create an accurate picture that could almost be helpful in the sense that college is college and people mature and grow and come across a lot of issues whether or not your in a greek house.

Please discuss.

LaneSig · #2 02-12-2009, 02:59 PM

The show has been discussed in a couple of different threads. Personally, from the little I've seen, I don't think it necessarily puts Greeks in a bad light. And, considering the upswing in women joining the Greek system, I've wondered if the show hasn't actually helped them decide to join.

AlphaXi_Husky · #3 02-12-2009, 03:05 PM

You can find discussions here:

http://greekchat.com/gcforums/showth...ighlight=greek
http://greekchat.com/gcforums/showth...ighlight=greek

BaltoAlphaPsi · #4 02-12-2009, 03:11 PM

yes, but if you look at my original question, I'm talking about this effects how greek life is looked at in terms of risk management, Do people at your school, watch this show, and then look down at you? or do you like the way the show depicts greek life. Also, many cast and crew members were IN greek life in college.

knight_shadow · #5 02-12-2009, 03:30 PM

AlphaXi's first link is to a 44 page thread about the show. Your answer is probably in there already.

Kansas City · #6 02-12-2009, 03:38 PM

It's fiction and serves only to entertain.

preciousjeni · #7 02-12-2009, 06:08 PM

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Do you watch it? Do you feel is a proper picture of Greek life.

Seriously?

BaltoAlphaPsi · #8 02-13-2009, 10:22 AM

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Seriously?

Hey-- each chapter is different.

Elephant Walk · #9 02-13-2009, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by BaltoAlphaPsi

Anyway- Because this show revolves around the family of Greek life, it talks about hazing, though no one is what one would severely hazed, (beaten, forced to drink, forced to break laws) hazing is involved, KT pledge Rusty has to serve his brothers drinks in a dress and blond wig. and do his brothers errands all during the pledge process.... which in the show is a school year long.

Not errands! Anything but that!

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The show also deals with the issue of a gay pledge, who - though is legacy - he dropps out of pledging because his soon to be brothers felt betrayed and lied to, and he feels it wasn't their business if he was gay (he did not let them know he was homosexual until ZBZ Ashlee let it slip).

Erroneous. He dropped and then rejoined Omega Chi like two episodes later. Plus Evan kicked out the douchebag that made fun of Calvin.

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do you feel this show is a risk management issue?

How? Is Evan gonna come out of the box and haze my pledges? Cuz that would be rad.

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Would you be offended if someone though of your Sorority/fraternity in this light?[/B]

Well, it would be an improvement over now.

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Do you feel this is accurate in the fact that, just like any organizations, issues in leadership arise, and nationals has to step in, (as seen in the ZBZ house where the orig pres wants to hide an issue from nationals and gets removed from her presidency)

I don't know, I don't care, I hate nationals.

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How does this show put greek life in a bad light? Or does is create an accurate picture that could almost be helpful in the sense that college is college and people mature and grow and come across a lot of issues whether or not your in a greek house.

Please discuss.

It doesn't portray any of the houses because Kappa Tau hazes Rusty by making a video game. Fucking stupid.

ree-Xi · #10 02-13-2009, 05:11 PM

It's as realistic a portrayal as "ER" is to Emergency Rooms, "90210" is to American high schools, and "Desperate Housewives" is to suburban homemakers.

The stories may be rooted in actuality, but they are often dramatized, exaggerated and resolved in 60 minutes or less.

It wouldn't be any fun to watch a bunch of fraternity men and sorority women doing study hours at the library or setting up chairs for a meeting. So the writers focus on packing as much "excitement" and sensationalism as possible into each episode. Do you not understand what ENTERTAINMENT is?

#11 02-13-2009, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by BaltoAlphaPsi

Also, many cast and crew members were IN greek life in college.

Oh yeah? Besides the guy who plays Calvin, who else was Greek?

Cite your source, please.

ZTA72 · #12 02-13-2009, 06:56 PM

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It's as realistic a portrayal as "ER" is to Emergency Rooms, "?

You got that right. I was an ER nurse for 2 years, when I was young, in a big metro *county* hospital. While there was some extracurricular activity going on, it was no way as exciting as on TV. I had fun, but it was hard work. We had actual work to do, like taking care of the patients.

#13 02-13-2009, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ZTA72

You got that right. I was an ER nurse for 2 years, when I was young, in a big metro *county* hospital. While there was some extracurricular activity going on, it was no way as exciting as on TV. I had fun, but it was hard work. We had actual work to do, like taking care of the patients.

So did you get to make out with hot doctors?