For those of you who don't watch MTV (I assume, it's most of you. I used to watch it on the tour bus, but since we don't have cable I have not seen it in awhile), Laguna Beach is a very popular "reality show" (actually the farthest thing from "reality") on MTV that follows young, rich, and beautiful teens. Youth pastor's: It's probably good to know what your teens are watching. Anthony Bradley comments:
Here's why the show is painful: it provokes millions of teens of both genders to envy every aspects of the Laguna kid's lives: their bodies, appearance, clothes, cars, wealth, relationships, material comforts, and so on. It's an envy machine for millions. If you'd watched The Merchants of Cool you know how MTV works: they find what teens really want and then glorify it. Laguna: MTV found a lifestyle that they KNOW (from lots of research, trust me) millions of teens lust for and it's on its third season.
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Oh yeah, that was a good post, AB has some insightful comments on that. That cuts right to the core of youth culture.
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