3. A Geordie Is NOT A Guido Equivalent
Were gonna show em how Geordies party!, You cant be a Geordie without a tan! Oh well, they tried. They failed. Simply copying platitudes from your parent show is not an worthy adaptation, but more like a bad parody. It has never really been clearly explained exactly what being a Geordie means by the cast. Dont get me wrong Im not crediting the
Jersey Shore cast as the personification of the Guido but, somehow, they did come across as more authentic and really did portray an uncommon lifestyle. Whether a Guido really is a true representation of an Italian American is another story. However, the cast themselves have even denied representing American-Italian culture on many occasions. Conversely, the Geordies are put on a platform as representatives of a small city of the Northern East of England and have little choice in the matter. Really weekly spray tans, getting mortal and bucking has little to do with being Geordie. Thus, other than the accent, theres nothing really distinguishable about these kids that warrants giving them a tv show. Britain isnt anywhere neat as diverse as America so we do not really have secret subcultures, such as Guidos. In fact, the closest I could really consider would be a Chav, but thats hardly a title of self-proclamation.