Nicole Polizzi, popularly known as Snooki and a regular on the reality television show Jersey Shore aired on MTV, made shocking claims that her arrest in 2010 at the beach was staged by one of the show’s producers. Snooki claims an unnamed producer had ordered the police to arrest her on Seaside Heights beach after seeing her drunk with the intention of shooting it for the show. This viral interference, which captured Snooki handcuffed and screaming in defiance and several drama queens lighted cameras upon her, remains among the most extraordinary sums of budding freaks ever captured on camera.
This action in turn raised a lot of questions as it stirred controversy which can be referred to as the ethical limits of reality tv. If this claim is true, it shows that there is a serious distortion of events where the end justifies the means in as far as entertainment goes and this is detrimental both in the legal and moral sense. Even if Snooki has no valid proof, she reminded everyone that there is sunk cost and warranted it through the arguments about the level of exploitation and invasion toward the participants of the shows.
What was once fast chaotic and real is now even more real drama with the Said accusations. Many people are asking if the Jersey Shore producer who is being stoked has hands in the Jersey Shore enforced industry ideas but has not yet responded.
As this information spreads, it is likely that the reality show production practices will come under more scrutiny and this may trigger some reform efforts in the industry. Whether Snooki’s said scandal will bear any fruits in terms of launching investigations or reforms will be forthcoming or not remains to be known. The bifurcation between entertainment and exploitation will probably remain active with this particular event being a good case study of the ethical issues associated with reality television.
