Seaside Heights, N.J. — The head of an Italian-American group says the producers of MTV's "Jersey Shore" reality show plan to go easier on Italian references in the show's second season. Andre Dimino, national president of Unico, said he met with officials of MTV's parent company, Viacom Inc., and they promised to cut down on references to Italians, shots of the Italian flag and the use of terms such as guido, which some Italian-Americans find offensive. "I'm cautiously optimistic," Dimino said. "With a program like this it's still trash television, and it would be unfortunate if they don't de-Italianize the program.
- 6/18/2010
- NYPost.com
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