Work It

In reading the first chapter and watching the episode of 'Work It!' says to me many things about our culture trying to portray certain values in our society. The first chapter 'What Is Popular Culture' mentioned a form of ideology for popular culture which said, "This ideological form is intended to draw attention to the way in which texts (television fiction, popular music, novels, feature films, etc.) always present a particular image of the world." (pg.4, Storey) This defiantly must hold some truth after watching this pilot episode of 'Work It', which was based strongly on gender and ethical stereotypes of how people act in our culture. 'Work It!' is not the only show that has contributed using real events & some stereotypes to formulate episodes (South Park, Workaholics, Desperate Housewives, Modern Family, etc.) and in my opinion it is quite entertaining. Many people may also agree with me because these types of shows relate to the viewers lifestyle in some way or another. But, in 'Work It' the plot of the story may have been a little too overboard on the stereotypes, as well as it's cheesiness. Lastly, did anybody think the setting of the house for 'work it' shared many similarities to the show 'Tool Time' w/ Tim Allen? It has nothing to do with what was said above, but that was the first thing that I noticed. Check it out and report back.