Tag: Reality TV
Elsa Patton, ‘Real Housewives of Miami’ fixture, dead at 84
Article via PageSix
Elsa Patton, who appeared alongside daughter Marysol Patton on Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Miami,” passed away over Mother’s Day weekend, Page Six exclusively confirmed Sunday. She was 84.
“Our beloved Elsa Patton (AKA Mama Elsa) passed away over Mother’s Day weekend after a long illness. She was surrounded by her family and close friends. Elsa was predeceased by her husband of 50 years Donald Patton who passed away last February of 2018,” the Patton family said in a statement.
“She is survived by her two children, Marysol Patton and Thomas Anthony Jones, her daughter in law Svetlana, and her grandson Hunter. The family is so very grateful to the many fans and friends who have continued to ask for her and offer their prayers and best wishes,” the statement continued. They thank the community, her caretakers, and the many friends who have continued to check in on Elsa from all over the world. Their support has meant the world to the family.”
Elsa’s daughter, Marysol, 52, appeared on all three seasons of “The Real Housewives of Miami,” which ran from 2011 to 2013.
“They thank the community, her caretakers, and the many friends who have continued to check in on Elsa from all over the world. Their support has meant the world to the family,” the Patton family stated. “A private ceremony will take place in Miami. In lieu of tears the family asks you to raise a glass of good champagne in honor of Elsa’s memory.”
Services will take place Friday in Miami.
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‘Made in Staten Island,’ an MTV Reality Show, Makes the Borough Look Bad, Critics Say
First there was “Jersey Shore” on MTV and then “Mob Wives” on VH1.
Now another reality television series, set to debut on Monday, features a blend of both — and like its predecessors, it is drawing criticism that it stereotypes Italian-Americans.
“Bosses aren’t born, they’re ‘Made in Staten Island,’” MTV said in promotional materials for the show, “Made in Staten Island,” which the network described as “grittier and edgier” than its other reality shows.
“Made in Staten Island,” which tracks young adults trying to avoid mob lifestyles, has drawn the ire of city officials and thousands of people who signed an online petition calling for it to be canceled. The show perpetuates the notion that Staten Island is “a cesspool of gangsters, meatheads and low lives” and is premised on the idea that “kids from Staten Island all grow up surrounded by the mafia,” the petition said.
One of the show’s executive producers is Karen Gravano, a star of “Mob Wives” and the daughter of Salvatore (Sammy the Bull) Gravano, who was a hit man for John Gotti, the Gambino crime family boss, and later became a government informant. Ms. Gravano’s daughter Karina Seabrook, 19, is one of the stars of the show.
“A lot of us are faced with two options: the street life or the straight life,” says one of the show’s other stars, Christian Patterson, 20, in a preview. “Our crew was born in the streets, and now they’re looking for a way out.”
Article via TheNYTimes
MTV Forces White People to Face Their Whiteness in New Documentary ‘White People’
source: http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2015/07/white-people-mtv-documentary-trailer
Well folks it looks like MTV is getting ready to get a bunch of boxes of Kleenex for some good old white folks tears with a new Reality Documentary called White People. While I was watching with Kermit and MJ popcorn in one hand and ice tea in the other as I watch the preview most seem nervous and uncomfortable to talk about race and their white privilege and what it means to have it; I’m hoping they learn HOW they can help heal the wounds that has been inflicted upon people of color. So my white folks breakout the tissues and blow your nose and start cryin’. Maybe Common ( I mean this sarcastically) can cry with you while comforting you with love? Will you be watching my black and white people? I know I am!
If you’re white and have ever felt uncomfortable or offended whenever I have called out the American entertainment industry’s long history of racism, then 1) wow I feel very sorry for you and 2) get ready to squirm in your seats. On July 22, MTV is premiering a documentary called White People (lol I know) in which white people are forced to think about how white they are. Check out the trailer below (warning: lots of white people tears lie ahead).
By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim