This is extremely distasteful. Its appalling beyond words. How it can even be considered is beyond reason. But somehow it doenst surprise me.
I remember watching The Truman Show when it came out and thought it was nothing more than a parady of reality television. Because back then the idea that a television network would fabricate a world and lie to contestants about that the very nature of that world (Hello Channel 4's space cadet show) was unthinkable. Remember that scene when the old ladies stay up watching the live broadcast of Truman sleeping? I thought nobody but nutcases would watch something like that, until of course I turned to E4 and ITV2 to see celebrity and big brother contestants sleeping!....Live!!! Its Insane. Television is no more than a freak show nowadays. I really do not wanna even think about what they have in mind next.
Everyone gets their knickers in a twist about swearing and sex on television. Big fucking deal. Nobody seems to be giving 2 shits about the rapid de-intellectualization of the media. I suppose blaming janet jackson's tits for your children's problems is a lot easier.
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....Of Course its some kinda cosmic payback for being too ironic!
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