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MTV's 'Savage' Schoolyard

Blowtorch of Reason Wrote: Apr 06, 2012 5:53 PM
when will you people realize that they do things like this to get the uptight religious conservative all bent out of shape and screaming "protest!" That is Free Advertising for them and the uptight religious conservatives then drive the kids TOWARD the shows. If you make no big deal out of it and change the channel it will go away.
Tasmanian-Jedi Wrote: Apr 06, 2012 6:21 PM
You're right. I've lost count of the shows that have gone away, that had nothing to offer beyond some shock value that drew attention. And before too long you'll be able to add GCB to the list. HAHAHAHA.

 

MTV is now trying to lure young viewers with a saucy sex show in the "advice" category. They didn't reach for Dr. Drew or God forbid Dr. Ruth or an actual doctor of anything. They turned to filthy sex columnist and gay activist Dan Savage.

The new show is called "Savage U," and it documents Savage touring college campuses to offer snarky/smutty advice to college students. This is MTV's libertine ideology pitched right at children, and Savage is blunt about how he'll be going around the parents.

Savage explained to the Los Angeles Times that, "The...

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