Avoid 'Hot Ghetto Mess'--Whatever it's Called

Published: July 26, 2007, 4:30 pm

Tags: entertainment, bet, hot ghetto mess, we got to do better

After weeks of controversy, dropped sponsorship and a last minute name change, BET aired the series premiere of "We Got to Do Better," formerly known as "Hot Ghetto Mess." For starters, the show was a hot ghetto mess. The title change made the day before the show, did nothing to save the show from its ignorance. HGM--as I will call it despite the title change and because it is the better abbreviation of the two takes viewers on a 30-minute ride through the underbelly of society where Ms. Peaches sings about loving chicken neck bones and white bikers blow prophylactics up over their heads. In between these ridiculously ghetto clips, HGM attempts to edify people through a segment called "Hot Ghetto Mess Street Walking." The HGM street-walker asks random people simple black history questions, but then makes it look like white people have more knowledge--or at least more confidence in it--than most black people. And so the show proceeds with this mix of ghetto-ocity and edutainment

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