You Two Cents Required: One Hot Ghetto Mess
On Wednesday night my Mama called me cackling, asking me if I were watching BET’s ‘We Got To Do Better’, to which I responded “Girl stop!”
‘To Catch A Predator’ > Anything on BET
Last night my boyfriend talked me into watching the first 5 minutes of the show and I damn near fell asleep. The reviews haven’t been so great either.
While there were examples of trifling behavior and crazy antics, for the most part, the show seemed like a reject reel from “America’s Funniest Videos.”Certainly, there are some camps breathing a sigh of relief: The show was roundly criticized even before it made its debut by some who feared it was yet another BET show that would degrade black people by presenting offensive stereotypes as comedy.
Given BET’s track record, those critics had reason to worry. After all, the Black Entertainment Network has provided a seemingly endless platform for hip-hop thuggery, booty-shaking video girls, lowbrow comedy shows, and Toccara. . .
Instead, the show offered lame video clips that circulated on sites like YouTube months ago, and commercials that wouldn’t pass the cable-access test. To make clear the show wasn’t trying to pick on black folk, there were also plenty of white faces, as in a clip of a redneck Olympics-style event.
The show was racially balanced — and equally unfunny — on all levels. (source)
Did you think the show lived up to all of the hype surrounding it?