‘Bully Beatdown’ Returns for Second Season; SAT Scores Continue to Plummet
Jake Rossen Jun 10, 2009
The news isn’t always good in this space: MMA Junkie reports that
a second season of the neurally fatiguing “Bully Beatdown” is a
lock for MTV’s near future.
Participants who submit to the “Beatdown” -- allegedly bullies to victims too squirrely to actually fight back on their own -- climb into a cage with a $10,000 reserve: The money disappears the more they tap out or crumble.
I do not begrudge MTV drawing ratings -- or host Jason “Mayhem” Miller drawing a paycheck -- but the incredibly labored mugging of the “bullies” brings to mind the high-school-level hams of pro wrestling. And that’s hardly a compliment.
Participants who submit to the “Beatdown” -- allegedly bullies to victims too squirrely to actually fight back on their own -- climb into a cage with a $10,000 reserve: The money disappears the more they tap out or crumble.
I do not begrudge MTV drawing ratings -- or host Jason “Mayhem” Miller drawing a paycheck -- but the incredibly labored mugging of the “bullies” brings to mind the high-school-level hams of pro wrestling. And that’s hardly a compliment.
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