i want my mtv again: ‘the paper’
Add comment April 14th, 2008
i’m a member of the music video generation. you know, back when mtv actually showed videos in the 1980s and geeky kids like me recorded “friday night videos” because i couldn’t stay up that late.
i’m no longer in mtv’s target audience (at age 35), so it’s a miracle i found out about its new reality show “the paper.” it starts tonight at 9:30. the trailer is here.
it’s about a competitive high school newspaper staff. while there appears to be a lot of typical high school stuff, it’s good to see that these students say they take journalism seriously. i might have to record this, but who knows when i will have time to watch it.
(footnote: i didn’t get my mtv until i went to college because we lived “out in the country,” so i’d have to visit my friends who lived “in town” to see it! the horror!)
