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Der Tattoo Thread.
Mr. Doctor:
I was going to ask the same thing and the best answer I can think of is "it's just too mainstream lolz"
lepetitfromage:
Some of their clients are ridiculously annoying (but then again, that's life). I think they're all amazing artists whether they're being filmed or not. I'm fiercely loyal to my dude but I would get tattooed by Ami in a heartbeat.
And the fact that he's quite a handsome fellow doesn't hurt either....
ackblom12:
I find it pretty okay to hate reality television in all of it's docudrama forms.
Akima:
--- Quote from: ackblom12 on 06 Apr 2012, 07:13 ---I find it pretty okay to hate reality television in all of it's docudrama forms.
--- End quote ---
It's a good rule of thumb.
ackblom12:
Also, to be fair, part of what I dislike about these kind of shows have to do with the basic formula of Reality Television, so it falls into what I mentioned. The fact is, the runnings of a tattoo shop, or any shop at all really, are not that interesting. They have to make a story out of it and one of the easiest ways to push interest is to kind of turn the business into a myth of some sort. One of the biggest being dramatizing it and another is pushing the idea that "most" individual tattoos have some significant meaning to the person getting it. It reinforces many already existing stereotypes and creates more.
To be perfectly fair to Miami Ink, it was far better than it's two competitors, Miami Ink Inked and LA Ink. Inked was nothing but drama and had some pretty shitty people in the shop and LA Ink had a focus on a lot of horribleness. Kat Von D and her employees were absolutely fantastic tattoo artist and I was happy to see a show focus on female artists, but she was already a bit of a "big personality" and promptly turned into a fame beast within a season or two. It was pretty horrifying seeing episodes where she would do things like take shots of tequila before starting a tattoo.
The plus side is more people got introduced to the culture, but I feel like reality TV was about the worst way of doing it.
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