Southie (CBS Boston File Image)
From Goodwill Hunting to The Town and The Departed, Hollywood has been fascinated with the gritty stories of working-class Boston neighborhoods for some time.
Now, the trashy world of reality TV is hitting close to home in a new A&E series titled Southie Rules, and let’s just say that the reviews have been atrocious from critics weighing in on Twitter after Tuesday night’s premiere.
I’m sure most people from Southie would agree:
@AETV I did watch #SouthieRules, and as person who's entire family is from Southie, I have to say you failed miserably. #irishpride #southie
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Caitlin Hennessy (@caithennn) January 30, 2013Omg #SouthieRules is so embarrassing for Boston
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Joshua (@EssexCountyGent) January 30, 2013#SouthieRules is a disgrace. That show should be on Saturday mornings with the rest of the cartoons
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GRAMPRINTS (@GramPrints) January 30, 2013Now to a degree all reality TV shows are scripted, but the way it was done on Southie Rules was just unbearable according to you:
I WANTED to like "Southie Rules", but the wife and I couldn't sit through 10 minutes of it.
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Dan Smith (@RevDan1725) January 30, 2013#SouthieRules is trash. Most scripted show I've ever seen
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ashley vincent (@therealanv) January 30, 2013Next on #SouthieRules : a contrived situation navigated by cheekiness, as demonstrated by ImprovAsylum rejects.
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Renegade Pumpkin (@RenegadePumpkin) January 30, 2013Southie Rules was... well... painful. Very very painful.
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Patrick Gallagher (@PsGallagher77) January 30, 2013I'm sorry to the people I know who work on this show, but #SouthieRules is just horrendous. Worst overacting ever. I'm ashamed to be from MA
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Jason Oliveira (@Jason_Oliveira) January 30, 2013Here’s a few more:
#SouthieRules is a piece of crap show that has nothing to do with boston.finally get a show for us & this is what they bring to the table ?!
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Parissia (@xoParissia) January 30, 2013#SouthieRules is trending? This TV show will be the end of Boston.
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Tyler K (@TylerKizner) January 30, 20131 minute into #SouthieRules and it already hate what image it's giving to people from Boston.
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Tori Sviokla (@ToriSviokla) January 30, 2013If you watched Southie Rules, you are dumber than you were yesterday.
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Rachael Manning (@RachLeeMann) January 30, 2013The fallout from Southie Rules is setting Boston back hundreds of years. Paul Revere may even sit out the next few plays
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Roldy (@MrDiMola) January 30, 2013Did you happen to catch the premiere of Southie Rules? Is it really as bad as it’s being talked about? Sound off in the comments section!
Andrew Celani — 103.3 AMP Radio
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