'Jersey Shore' Producers Looking For 'Outrageous & Proud' Persians

NEW YORK — The production company behind "The Jersey Shore" is looking for Persian-Americans.

495 Productions and Doron Ofir Casting have announced that they're casting a "Persian version" of the MTV hit reality show about young Italian-Americans partying at the beach.

The casting call, which Gawker.com first reported, seeks applicants who are 21 or older, "appear younger than 30 and are outrageous, outspoken and a proud Persian-American."

A spokesman for 495 Productions didn't reply to questions about whether the show had any TV network deal.

"The Jersey Shore" is in production for a second season. Numerous attempts have been undertaken to mimic it, including a Russian-American version set in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach that doesn't yet have distribution.

Comments

[cjk002]

05:57 PM on 04/09/2010

It now seems impossible to deny that the goal of this show is to exploit stupid people who fit into racial stereotypes.

[Samuel Perry]

03:50 PM on 04/09/2010

Persian women are hot. I would just like to go on record with that.

[SimJack]

12:52 PM on 04/09/2010

The producers of this show must have an unlimited body waxing budget.

[JamesSin]

11:20 AM on 04/09/2010

How about Spartans? Will those do?

[BebeLush]

11:13 AM on 04/09/2010

Persians, as in rugs, right?

[buddhistmonk]

09:04 AM on 04/09/2010

Something is odd about this crew...all the I-talians I grew up with knew how to dress. These guys dress like 4 year olds. You sure they are all I-talian? Snookie looks Persian.

[me again]

07:44 AM on 04/09/2010

See id the bar can drop even lower.....MTV has no standards.

[Puller58]

06:22 AM on 04/09/2010

Why not? Something for everyone, that's the American way.

[liberallydemocrat]

04:36 AM on 04/09/2010

I know LOTS of Persian Americans and man-o-man. They're obnoxious, loud, extemely outgoing, spiky haired men etc.

Perfect for MTV

[Soulslider]

01:12 AM on 04/09/2010

Oh No! The last thing America needs is Persians with more entitlement than they already think they deserve. Having lived in LA for 9 years, I have been on the front lines watching their activity. They're too dangerous to give a national platform. Can you imagine a unibrow and velour jumpsuit craze running rampant on our impressionable youth? THE HORROR!

[MyGuyO]

01:03 AM on 04/09/2010

My hairdresser is Persian American. She is absolutely beautiful looking with beautiful long black hair.
She calls herself Persian.

[totalliberal]

12:57 AM on 04/09/2010

Iranian guys are really hot.............................. For each other that is. Now as for their women, yum.

[hubbahubba77]

12:27 AM on 04/09/2010

Will it take place in Tehrangeles?

[Matthaios Ari]

11:46 PM on 04/08/2010

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[Clare53]

10:44 PM on 04/08/2010

Please stop.