So with much hesitation I
decided to sit down and watch one of BET’s new shows last night, “We Got To Do
Better.” If you recall, the show was
originally titled “Hot Ghetto Mess” and was based off of the website of the
same name. The site would often post
videos and pics of black people doing ridiculous things and wearing even more
ridiculous outfits. You’ve probably seen
most of these images in your inbox as I used to frequently receive them from my
co-workers. At any rate, BET’s original
intent was to bring the website to the small tube as if it would be part of
their comedy line up or something, as if that’s what the black culture really
needs right now. In a time where
everything about us is being challenged and defeated, this was definitely about
10 steps in the wrong direction.
So all in all, it was an
awkward, non-provoking, weak attempt of a show. Even funny man Charlie Murphy couldn’t save it. I kept waiting for them to play the sound of
crickets chirping whenever his solo commentary aired. Talk about needing to do better. I can’t find anything on BET’s website about
it since it aired last night so let’s hope they decide to cut it short. Why don’t they just bring back something like
“Teen Summit” and BET News????? All they
do is run the same videos all day. Hell,
even MTV has cut down about 90% of the videos and run more shows and these are
some of the same shows that BET has taken and flipped into their own
version. “Baldwin Hills” is the black
version of “Laguna Beach," " SOB" is the black version of "Punk'd" and they turned a non-MTV show and flipped it - "Hell Date" is "Blind Date."
Even though HotGhettoMess/WeGotToDoBetter blatantly tries to exploit peoples ignorance and cast them in a negative light, I still find that trainwreck of a show entertaining.
SMH @ BET trying to portray Baldwin Hills as the Black Beverly Hills, I used to live in L.A and I've been to Baldwin Hills trust me it's no Hollywood.
Posted by: E aka your favorite trapper | July 27, 2007 at 12:16 AM
Deelishius has a face like a horse and the music was horrible but the visual images were amazing on that video.
Posted by: E aka your favorite trapper | July 27, 2007 at 12:52 AM
Peach, LOL @ "Take The Cake From Tocarra And If You Get Away You Win"! That girl sucks at everything other than sucking in her gut when the camera starts rolling. No class, no style, no grace...so she qualifies as a BET host perfectly.
And you know we all smelled that porn musical coming from D (can't bring myself to spell her "name"). Her & Busta musta been fucking for tracks :-)
Posted by: Chentastic | August 08, 2007 at 11:31 AM