Jersey Shore, Italian Style.

Many of us have seen, or at least heard of, the infamous Jersey Shore. It's reputation for alcohol, sex, and vulgarity has made it a prominent topic in our country and ,now, even countries abroad. The last season was filmed in Florence, Italy. Fortunately enough, I was studying abroad at this time so I got to see the episodes in Italian subtitles. Immediately after watching the first couple of episodes I noticed that the translations and even some of the gestures on the show were completely off. For starters, the language was changed in a way that made what they were saying a lot less vulgar than in America. Also, a lot of scenes that involved drunk Snookie, or anyone really getting intoxicated was often cut from the show as a whole. Even with these changed, the show still seemed to be of great dislike to the Italian Community. What I didn't consider vulgar at all, Italians seemed to be enraged about, and I didn't really know why. It's clear now, that countries have their own standards and what might work in America, might not work in Italy.