Telly Talk: Preview: Skins US
Oh noes. The rip-off is here. MTV has released a preview of how they “americanized” the original brit version of Skins. Same script, same characters. The “Tony” is not good looking enough that he kind of reminds me of Cook. They changed Sid’s and Cassie’s names, I wonder why. The Sid…
We’re not proud of the fact that we actually wasted our time watching this. Skins on American TV just won’t work. We loved how the original Skins was quirky and pushed the envelope in every way imaginable, but we can’t imagine that happening on American TV. Not that that in itself is a bad thing, but everything about this Skins is outwardly the same—the script, the characters—bad move, MTV. If it attempted to be remotely different maybe we’d watch it. Original Skins = Life.
