Most of all watch MTV’s “The City,” for the fashion, the wooden “reality celebs,” or just to catch another glance at Whitey Port’s man of the moment, rocker frontman, Jay. A particular favorite is the claw-ready Olivia, an uptown socialite who also works with Whitney at the offices of famed designer, Diane Von Furstenberg,” along Allie, the lithe model who is the subject of a recent episode about eating disorders.
Kelly Cutron, Whitney’s former boss and owner of People’s Revolution, a fashion PR firm, makes a guest appearance and takes time to question Allie about a possible eating disorder. As this New York Magazine blog post states, “The City,” cannot handle the topic of eating disorders.”
How very true. MTV had a chance to talk about the rampant nature of eating disorders in the world of high fashion, and instead the episode seemed a bit hollow. Whitney was mum about the incident, and it became a chance to demonize Kelly Cutrone, when she was just bringing up a relevant topic.
The truth is, fashion is a business about looks and how well clothing fits on models. You can’t really expect everything to change, but this particular episode of “The City,” could’ve at least done a good job of sending a message to young women across the country. But they didn’t.
eh, that sucks. not that i watch the city for it’s moral teachings or anything, but still…sucky
I wonder what producers hope to accomplish by using a shalllow sound bite approach to bring eating disorders into programming. Do they hope to capture the “eating disorder audience” ?
Good grief.
I believe viewers, even when out for light fun entertainment are sensitive and discerning human beings.