Jersey Shore: "Deja Vu All Over Again"
Welcome to my weekly recount of the ever-escalating insanity and delusions of one Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, self-styled lothario, GTL aficionado, sworn foe of Grenades/Landmines and enemy of women everywhere. Last week Sorrentino’s desperate pursuit of women with low enough self esteem to have sex with him officially stopped being funny in a pathetic kind of way and became creepy and disturbing as Sorrentino lapsed into a violent, mercurial funk when he couldn’t get laid.
With shit-starter Angelina out of the equation, Jersey Shore has revisited an old favorite—Ronny Vs. Sammi Vs. The Patience of the Viewing Audience—and an exciting new development: the psychological unraveling of Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino.
We got to see Sorrentino at his worst last night. Then we get to see him at his even worster. The creepy bad times began when Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and his increasingly reluctant wingman DJ Pauly D picked up some trashy women at a trashy club they were convinced were “DTF”, that is “down to fuck.”
One of Jersey Shore’s many guilty pleasures is its complete lack of subtext. Nothing ever goes on beneath the surface because the housemates are constantly articulating their comically simplistic thought processes. Last night, for example, DJ Pauly D reiterated his nightly club strategy: he and his boy Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino will go to a club, try to find women who look lonely and desperate enough to be up for a one-night stand. If the women in question aren’t physically repulsive, they take them back to the pad for several minutes of demoralizing grunting and fluid exchange. Then they begin the cycle all over again the next day.