tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post4138623430678710546..comments2024-03-02T02:26:00.928-05:00Comments on bleakonomy: Jersey Shoretetracontadigonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04604381739383227553noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-54498900598211322532010-03-15T15:52:43.365-04:002010-03-15T15:52:43.365-04:00> People say things to Italians about Italians
...> People say things to Italians about Italians<br />> that they would NEVER say to a Jew about<br />> Jews. <br /><br />> The funny thing is all of my Italian-American<br />> friends from Jersey watch this show and <br />> think it is hilarious.<br /><br />Slight tangent: I've never met a person of Irish descent who has been particularly offended by Notre Dame's "The Fighting Irish", or looked askance at people who think they can drink a lot.<br /><br />The Irish- & Italian-Americans seem to have more of a tradition of thumbing their stereotypes back at the larger culture by embracing the ridiculousness of it than by claiming offense.padraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567721244433276365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-92101543133047818682010-03-13T14:05:33.741-05:002010-03-13T14:05:33.741-05:00Charo, my husband's from Maplewood. And, for t...Charo, my husband's from Maplewood. And, for the record, couldn't care less about the show. So I'll regroup and rethink!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953173396955681485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-34301544876125968622010-03-12T14:58:51.795-05:002010-03-12T14:58:51.795-05:00The funny thing is all of my Italian-American frie...The funny thing is all of my Italian-American friends from Jersey watch this show and think it is hilarious. I've never seen it so I have no idea.<br />I think you are kind of missing the point why it is so popular with NJ Italians, they all know people who are just like this and find it funny. I grew up in an Italian neighborhood as well, and have Italian cousins, lived in Bergen county for years and spent my summers at the Jersey shore.<br />A little know secret is that people who live in Jersey think Jersey is hilarious. We love to mock and bust on each other.<br /><br />OK, I am sure the show is garbage but it isn't offensive in the way you think.<br /><br />by the way, I lived in North Caldwell where Tony Sopranos house was, the opening shot up the hill there is the hill outside of my old apartment (and yes, there are a few apartments in North Caldwell)<br /><br />charoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-90953920227930916822010-03-11T12:22:32.593-05:002010-03-11T12:22:32.593-05:00While I cannot confirm that your husband is a very...While I cannot confirm that your husband is a very good cook, in that I do not think he's ever actually cooked for me, I can at least vouch for his excellent skills as a sous chef.<br /><br />And I <i> totally </i> blame him for that horse head I found in my bed that one time.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11213051268392108382noreply@blogger.com