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MTV announced this weekend that it was pulling the scene from this week’s episode of Jersey Shore in which Snooki gets punched in the face. From US Weekly:
“What happened to “Snooki” was a crime and obviously extremely disturbing,” MTV said in a statement Friday. “After hearing from our viewers, further consulting with experts on the issue of violence, and seeing how the video footage has been taken out of context to not show the severity of this act or the resulting consequences, MTV has decided not to air “Snooki” being physically punched in next week’s episode.”
OH PLEASE! I’m not saying that MTV is wrong in choosing not to exploit a horrible act of violence against a woman’s face for entertainment purposes, but give me a break! They have run the footage of Snooki getting punched ad nauseum since the first episode in an attempt to get people to keep watching the show. “Oh man,” MTV was basically saying, “you better stick around if you want to see this girl get rocked in the fucking FACE.” And while I’m assuming that MTV is talking about blogs and animated GIFs when it says the footage has been taken out of context, THEY TOOK IT OUT OF CONTEXT FIRST. There was no context when they showed Snooki getting punched and then insisted that we would not want to miss this season of Jersey Shore.
Fucking liars!
And since when are MTV viewers the voices of reason?! Again, the choice to remove a woman having her head crushed in by some awful dude’s fist from a show marketed largely to children is probably the right choice, I just don’t understand why MTV, a television station operated by adults, couldn’t make it on their own. A long time ago. Without waiting to hear from viewers (aka said children). And how many “experts on the issue of violence” (whatever the fuck THAT means) did they have to talk to?
“Hey, MTV, did you know that exploiting a terrible act of violence in order to gain and maintain viewers might be seen as amoral and disgusting?”
–a 6-year-old expert on the issue of violence
“We never thought of it that way, or any way.”
–MTV, adults
And now that they have used the footage of Snooki getting punched in order to promote the show, they might as well go ahead and use the footage of Snooki getting punched on the show. Give us that precious context that we so callously dismissed, MTV!
This is a lot like when VH1 removed all episodes and on-line presence of Megan Wants a Millionaire, after a contestant, Ryan Jenkins, murdered his wife. Guess what, MTV and VH1, WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU DID. At the very least you could be honest about these things. No one is confused about whether or not you’re placing human beings in self-destructive, alcohol-fueled situations in order to make money, especially not with last-minute back-pedaling and tepid appeals towards people’s humanity.
The Internet is so sorry for using your footage out of context, MTV. If anything, you, MTV, are the victim here. It’s our fault for making you mad. If we hadn’t made you so mad this never would have happened. We promise not to be so clumsy in the future.
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This is pretty disappointing as I kept watching this show specifically to see this extremely
disturbinghilarious scene.Seriously? You are seriously going to call this scene hilarious? Pretty lame.
It’s fun to imagine it’s her attitude that’s getting punched square in it’s awful face. Not cool otherwise, dude.
i really wish a girl would have punched her.. because then no one would care.. deep down we all know she’s probably had it coming for a long time now.
On the other hand i think they should air it.. so everyone knows what a jerk this guy is for punching a pocket sized guidette in the face.
i am clearly torn.. damn my NJ roots
I’m with you, my friend…and they don’t take too kindly to NJ roots ’round these parts…just look at all the BASTARDS WHO MINUSED ME when i tried to defend our home state the other week…
Sick hat bro
Why is my landlord punching that small gremlin in the face? Now I’ll never know!
This guy is the victim.
Victim of the Herp.
i’d be willing to bet that in a few years, mtv is going to air a reality special about him and his journey through anger management and a 12 step program for alcoholism. and there’s probably going to be some jesusy stuff in there too. and that it’s going to make me want to shoot myself in the face.
Ugh Gabe that face punch is the last thing I want to see as I manically refresh the videogum window, plz cn you can respect our humanity and change that awful thing.
maybe that can be magnum’s new avatar
upvotes forever.
Please, it’s MANgum not MAGnum. Because if anybody deserves to have their videogum name spelled correctly, it’s assholes who bait people with an avatar of some woman mauled by a chimp.
When I see people named “Snooki” wear Ed Hardy hats, it makes me want to swashbuckle someone.
please tell me you are only going to make comments in character as wesley. i should probably be ashamed of myself as to how badly i would like that to happen.
As you wish…
!!!
I believe that is what the Internets refer to as a “win”.
bait and switch!
have fun storming the castle of monster’s ball this week!
But Wesley, what about the R.O.U.S.es?
That’s your teacher.
After hearing Snookie’s description of her ideal man and witnessing her esteem issues on episodes 1 and 2 I think it will come out that this was all part of an elaborate dating ritual culminationg in tanning oild, sausage and peppers and Drakkar between her and her assailant/prospective lover.
Getting punch-drunk sure has its disadvantages.
Also, she reflects the bronzer of her attacker. Stockholm Syndrome.
It’s totes Punch Drunk Love.
I don’t watch MTV and hadn’t seen Snooki getting clocked until you posted it. Things were better back then.
Ug. I hate to disagree with the Dire Straits, but I feel that at this juncture I may not want my MTV after all.
seems like MTV is in…DIRE STRAITS! Ha. But, seriously folks…
A PSA set to air after the episode reads: : ?Violence against women in any form is a crime. If you or someone you know is being abused by a boyfriend, family member or total stranger, please call 911 or log on to http://www.loveisrespect.org for information and help. You can also call The National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline at 1-866-331-9474 for immediate support.?
LOL, MTV. Really don’t pretend that you give a shit now. Maybe air a PSA about the dangers of tanning booths?
To learn more about how to prevent domestic violence, and to download exclusive new ringtones from Trey Songz and Jay Sean, text “MTV” to 58797.
Trey Songz and Sean John? Not Chris Brown?
What I really want to see is what happens immediately after that guy punches Snackables. I especially want to see if the Situation steps up and throws a few. And of course, I need the Pauly D recap, which always seems to perfectly encapsulate the meandering drama within a concise statement explaining what all this means to Pauly D. i.e. “The fact that JWoww broke up with her boyfriend, it just means that she’ll feel less guilty now when she hooks up with me.” Perfect.
“Inexcusable. You never hit your girl, in public, at bar. You do it in a car, before the Grammys… Buy my album.” – Chris Brown
I learned it from watching you, MTV.
itsahotdog basically just murdered this thread…
There’s something about the nature of gifs that can make even this funny. I hold myself blameless for the quirked corners of my mouth.
http://jezebel.com/5423629/sex-and-violence-why-is-snooki-more-precious-than-i-am
Anyone see this post?
I don’t really feel like addressing it beyond the fact that violence in all its forms is terrible. Also, you DON’T HIT GIRLS. EVER. Even if they’re assholes!
Gender equality?
Wow, thanks for my daily dose of anger. That thread is a nightmare. The basic consensus of the commenters seems to be, “NO FUCKING DOYE all violence is wrong, but what kind of patriarchal asshole are you to want to discuss that on Jezebel when women are getting raped on every continent this very second!!1!!”
There’s a point to that. I understand the commenters’ defensive reaction, too. (I don’t go to sometimesmengetabusedbywomenandthattooisfuckedup.com and tell them they should be working toward ending male-on-female violence, cuz obvs they’re all about curbing the opposite!) But JESUS, the level of anger for even bringing it up!
And this little gem of a consensus (you really have to read the article for this one): “And why the fuck did you invalidate your friend’s dumping of the nachos on that asshole guy’s head by apologizing for her??!?!?” Seriously, I HOPE that’s just straight-up obtuseness and they don’t actually not understand why a feminist/feminist-advocate-type guy might do that.
I think the Jezebel commenters definitely have a point, even if they are a bit “shrill” in expressing it. I mean, not to get all Gender Studies 101 here, but those men were being really rude and I don’t need to tell you how humiliating guys can be when they talk about a woman’s body in public. I would probably have dumped my nachos on those guys too, and I’d feel pretty justified in doing so.
I can’t tell you how many gross looks and comments I’ve gotten from men [and I'm 15!] and how much I wished I had a plate of nachos to dump on their heads. I’d probably be a little mad if my friend stepped in and apologized too. Of course, he was doing so to prevent a physical altercation, and being a rational person, I wouldn’t scream HOW DARE YOU??!?! at him, because duh.
Also, I think we can all agree that abuse is terrible whether a man is doing it to a woman or a woman is doing it to a man [or a man to a man! or a woman to a woman! People are terrible!] and it’s perfectly acceptable to bring it up in this context. I don’t get why the Jezebel-ites[?] are getting bent out of shape about it.
I think it may be because the author of the article is kind of saying “what’s the big deal? Why can’t a guy hit a girl if a girl can hit a guy?” and that kind of blase attitude isn’t acceptable when the guy is a 220 pound guido and the girl is a 125 pound guidette.
I agree with you about everything, except your characterization of the author’s attitude. (As a guy I wouldn’t say “shrill,” either. “Mean”?) While it wasn’t the most intelligent thing I’ve ever read (he addresses potential counterarguments by basically saying “don’t worry, I thought of that one, and no. Wrong.”), he’s clearly NOT suggesting that it’s somehow OK to hit women. But I do see where the commenters (and you, perhaps, but perhaps not) see that as the natural endpoint of his reasoning, kind of? I don’t know. I need to not go to there anymore, and just figure out ways of smashing the patriarchy in my own way, every day, without reading Jezebel.
This reminds me of the other day when I heard a morning radio DJ on what I would call a fairly hip Atlanta radio station mention Jezebel and then make some incredibly “vintage” Rush Limbaugh joke about how butch all the women who write for it probably are? And then his female co-host laughed? And I was like are we not in the year 2009 like I thought? It was so weird.
Cool story, bro.
You know what, I just reflexively assumed you were comparing me to the DJ. If you weren’t, sorry about the flip response. That guy sounds like an asshole!
Hey, thanks for the clarification–I def wasn’t comparing you to the DJ, it was major “free association” on my part. I didn’t read the Jezebel story, but when I saw the discussion it reminded me of that weird radio moment. It was almost too anachronistic to be offensive, you know?
And I’m sorry for butting into y’all’s substantive discussion with a confusing non sequitor.
And on the Gender Studies 101 tip, your first comment made me wonder if you monsters would be nicer to me if you knew I was a lady reverand… Sometimes I am surprised by the saltiness of people’s responses to my comments, which was why I was extra glad you clarified yours.
TMI-gum, sorry…
Are you really a lady Reverend? Then why is your name Johnny, huh? 0_0
Also, I thought I should let you know that your username inspired the name I gave my ferret: Tidbit. So thank you!
Ha ha, yes, I’m really a lady (well…a woman anyway), and that’s a great name for your ferret. When my best friend and I were teenagers, we had a game where we would call and order catalogs under made-up names but to our real home addresses so that we would eventually see our fake names in print. “The Reverand Johnny Tidbit” (misspelled) was one of our more challenging choices. Even today (many moons later) we email and text fake names to each other all the time.
Sincerely,
Abalone Snack
Nice story. ^_^
[I hate that people assume others are being sarcastic on the internet. I'm not being sarcastic; that was a nice story.]
You’re a sweetheart! (Not sarcasm)
Ugh, was this Bert? (As in, “The Bert Show”)
I don’t know, actually–it was on 92.9 “Dave FM”. Is that the Bert show?
About 80% of that comments page needs to put down the Kate Chopin literary analysis, go to jail and think about what they posted. btw “shrill” is only a sexist term when it refers to someone who doesn’t comment on Jezebel.
DOUBLE STANDARD. They didn’t balk at Brad getting his eye blasted open by Darrell on the Ruins a few weeks back, or when CT broke someone’s face on Every Time They Put that Steroid Monster on TV.
CHIVALRY IS JUST MISOGYNY IN A TUXEDO T-SHIRT, MTV. You can either show anyone taking one in the face on your TV shows or you can show no one. Your move.
I dont know how serious you are being here, but you have to understand these two situations are entirely different. Brad- a big guy, fighting with Darrell is not = to 4’7″ Snookie being PUNCHEDINTHEFACE by some giant guy. If you were kidding then nevermind.
Well then we can use the example of Danny from Real World: Austin, who got sucker-punched outside a bar and had his eye socket fractured. That one was arguably less-provoked than what happened to Snooki – then again, thanks to MTV deciding that it would be too dangerous to provide us with a context, we’ll never know.
To me, it’s pretty obvious that a huge man who would hit a much smaller person (male or female) who clearly has no intention of physically engaging is a much bigger asshole than someone who voluntarily, albeit drunkenly, enters into a fight – the moral value of the act itself isn’t something I’m questioning…
I’m just arguing that for MTV to gleefully and frequently air fairly severe acts of violence between men, including graphic close-ups of hospitalizing injuries, to almost without fail use the moments of violence in their teasers (something they also did with this incident), and then to make what seems to be a pretty arbitrary decision that this particular act is too upsetting to air, when the act itself, free of any context that might allow it to be discussed or understand in a deeper way than “DID YOU SEE THAT GUIDETTE GET STRAIGHT CLOCKED?!”, is sort of reprehensible. What they’re protecting their audience from, having aired what they aired and refusing to air the rest, isn’t whatever shock, outrage, or titillation that moment may have provided – it’s the rest of the information that makes that moment real, and forces the audience to think about why they reacted the way they did.
Great job, MTV.
We can agree that MTV is the WURST at everything, and you are the BEST at knowing history of the Real World, plus probably the inferno, duel and all those other ones..
When it comes to how much I know about the various MTV reality shows, there is no best in the picture.
There is only deep, deep shame and the occasional useful reference for comparing awfulness across said shows.
High five on MTV being the worst, though!
its not fair the way they used to cut out the opening title sequence during marathons so you end up watching like 3 episodes instead of one.
Yeah I almost feel like at this point–given that we all know that Snooki got punched–the responsible thing would be to air this and include the context–how things got to that point, as well as the consequences for the perpetrator. Maybe then it could jumpstart some sort of dialogue about violence beyond the show (which I guess it’s already done, as evidenced by the contents of this thread).
But then again, as I write this, it’s a totally ridiculous proposition–we are talking about MTV here, after all. Not exactly the place people are looking for socially-conscious dialogue about the issues around us. Maybe I’m just trying to justify wanting to watch this trash, like somebody rubbernecking as they drive by a car wreck on the side of the road.
Now I’m confused. I’ll stop my rambling and go away now.
i like this gif just cos of the guy in the white baseball cap enjoying a delicious cocktail regardless.
or, KaBlam!
I like that the little huge guy between them also gets a little taste of fist… Afterward he was probably all, “Yo bro, You hit me too, bro. Not cool, bro!”
Everytime I watch this, I’m always waiting to see the two guys at the right make out.
i still really want to know what she said. i imagine by the hand gesture it’s something about his tiny penis. his itty bitty wittle woman hating penis.
“Striker..? Striker, Striker, Striker!”
OK but that short chubby guy was totally asking for the punch in the nose.
MTV* is a dinosaur …. who steals money from Grandma for crack.
* A station dedicated to hunting down sluts, a-holes, creeps, and trashy peeps and putting them on TV. It’s all about the sex drugs and rock and roll … except without the rock and roll. Whatever.
The one question no one seems to be asking is: Did that guy double-punch Snocko and the dude standing in the middle with the same punch?
That’s an old question that has long since been put to bed.
http://videogum.com/archives/behind_the_scenes/must_see_snook_tv_104391.html#comment-6180981
So I slipped up.
You clearly need to Read more of Werttrew’s Lists (and have also done like me and re-read all of VG ocd style til my eyez BLEED)
About 80% of that comments page needs to put down the Kate Chopin literary analysis, go to jail and think about what they posted.
I demand restitution! What am I supposed to do? Just stop watching Jersey Shore? I’d rather get punched in the face.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWt0e6d9FRk&NR=1
“Guido is a compliment” – Snooki
“OH MY GASH MY FACE” -Snooki
Good to know she’s a dependable source.
Expert on violence: “Yeah, getting punched in the face is pretty much your run of the mill ‘violence’, MTV “
To be honest, you guys, from the ads I thought this was going to be a remake of Street Fighter: The Movie.
So not only is this obviously retarded and incredible doublefaced and MTV is probably only generating news about this so more people talk about the show but my coworker just came up with an excellent point.
You just KNOW that face punch is going to be included on the DVD
The politics behind violence and censorship can be a slippery slope…
I’ve got to knock that shit off.
‘Tis truly a slippery slope.
Drat!
Poor New Jersey! You have been trying so hard to become a respectable state, and then MTV goes and does this shit to you.
You really screwed me on this one internet. You had to go and get offended didn’t you. I love moral outrage as much as the next guy, but not when it comes between me and seeing a crazy freaking guidette get rocked.
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I thought we were all liberals here?! Haha. Hey, let me introduce myself. I am KP. I am extremely sarcastic and have an awful sense of humor. Don’t take anything I say literally. And dear God, I do not support domestic violence. I was making a joke. (No, that’s not a joke! -You say!) But c’mon people…I let my sister punch me in the face all the time. It’s really no big deal.!
I’m trying to figure out what she’s saying. It’s either:
1)Faces
2) Feces
3) Penises
?
Somehow (< -you'll see in a minute that's a lie) I made it over to Snooki's Twitter account and off face-smashing incident she says: "The punch incident isn't till Next Weeks episode! Sorry to disappoint you all...Still a lot of drama on tomorrow's episode!"
I can't help but feel like the producers of this show and execs at MTV probably looked to Snook-ville, USA as a gauge for this scene's appropriateness. Of course, this girl is happy with ANY kind of attention, even if it's in face-smashy gif porn.
http://twitter.com/Sn00ki/status/6510634354
This would have been disturbing if the punched had been a real person.
Am i fucked in the head for thinking this is possibly the best TV moment of 2009?
your avatar makes me smile