By Paul Honke

What Is Overrated in Pop Culture — Part 2

Second verse, worse than the first. Pop culture is like a magnet for epic failures and overrated icons. Pop culture can include a political standpoint, a nostalgic one, or a reality stand point. Now some may disagree with what I have to say. As some people would probably say, “This article is overrated.” All I have to say is thank you for reading it.

Before I get started, one must ask, “How do some things get overrated?” It becomes overrated when it is always talked about and shoved in your face wherever you go (Justin Bieber). Or when people say that it is really good when it is, in fact, a piece of crud (darn censorship). Or when at first it was good, but has gone off the deep end into becoming a product that is lower then “South Park’s” animation budget (Survivor).

So without further ado, the long awaited overrated column Part 2 begins:

Jersey Shore

Ugh, this show just bores me. I mean, this is a show that is basically the equivalent to watching a college frat boy party. It shows six strangers living together in one house. The problem is that they have very little personality. The “drama” on the show just plain fails to get us to actually feel sorry for these people when they just go to parties and create drama. Another thing is the racial stereotype of Italian Americans. This is coming from someone who is part Italian, people. I know that the cast is proud of their heritage and the term “Guido” doesn’t bother them, but it causes other people to call Italian Americans that, and it will probably will offend at least some of them in a way. There is one more stereotype this show offers: New Jersey. The portrayal of New Jersey is going to make what most people think about Jersey worse. (We have all made a Jersey joke at least one time.) In fiction people in New Jersey are basically bad people; the only exception that I found was the original Karate Kid. By the way, is it odd that these strangers that live in New Jersey are in fact New Yorkers? Yeah so Jersey Shore= overrated.

The Royal Wedding

And they say only Hollywood milks everything for what it’s worth. The publicity for this wedding is quite simply not needed. Tell me something: before the wedding even began, how many of you even know the prince’s name? This wedding falls into a category  that only one country should even care about. I get the fact that these are royalty, but come on. They don’t do anything even remotely interesting. They are just figureheads, people, just figureheads. But still the media has to milk it for everything it has.

Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer

Please, would somebody just put these people out of my misery. For those who do not know (or care), these guys make such classics as Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, Date Movie, and most recently Vampires Suck (which I will admit, is worse than the Twilight movies… which I have said time and time again are utter undigested garbage). Do you know how a movie can get me angry? Is it when they deviate from a source material? No. Is it when the overall movie is bad? No, with that you can make jokes out of it. Is it when they don’t even try and the script looks like it was written in 15 minutes? YES! These guys just don’t try. There really is very little plot; scene after scene is a pop-culture reference, and it is annoying. I am going to say this: subtlety can lead to great jokes. Pop culture references that don’t make much sense is the same is as useless as playing tug of war with a sumo wrestler. It’s stupid, just plain stupid. Is it funny at times?  Yes. Funny enough to justify the price of a ticket? NO. These guys and these movies need to go away. You want a parody movie, watch Shaun of the Dead or Airplane.

And now it is time for the overrated lightning round! (This is where I say the names of overrated people and give a remark toward them.)

Lindsay Lohan– You were better as a kid, maybe you will meet a fan of the “Parent Trap” in your cell.

Donald Trump- The only people on your side are the Fox News crew. Stop spending thousands of dollars on your hair and check your own birth certificate.

Charlie Sheen– The drugs are making you crazy for Coco Puffs, man. By the way, losing your kids to your wife is not winning.

Sarah Palin– The pain of your fifteen minutes of fame came and went. History forgets you like John Mcain.

The Bachelor and the Bachelorette- Eh, you’re just going to get divorced anyway.

People, you can flame me or praise me, just leave a comment! Plus give me more overrated things I might have missed!