Blog #8

Why are we never satisfied with entertainment today?  Why do we crave more, more, more?  It isn't enough to simply see someone get shot, it takes getting shot in each appendage and then the final kill to get us going.  It isn't enough to see two people having sex, what really gets us stirred up is five or six people.  Why is this?  We can see literally anything we could ever possibly want to via Internet, TV, etc.  Everything's already been done, so to shock the viewers things need to go one step further.  For example, WHY is there seven Saw movies?  How do people come up with this stuff?  The most logical answer would be to take writers from various insane asylums but scarily, I don't think that's the case.  That's what everyday writers come up with to entertain their everyday audiences.  That's what will sell the best.  Writing such as the Hunger Games or The Lottery have entertainment value because these are games played with peoples' lives.  And we value nothing above life, if we're honest.  I'm rereading the Hunger Games again firstly because I wanted to refresh my memory for our upcoming test but also because I truly was into the book.  I found it interesting, suspenseful, intriguing.  Isn't that kind of sick?  I feel like our world is going to come to a stand still and be so intensely boring for the human race because there simply won't be any farther to push the limits.  Seriously, it can only get so far.  And when you already write, publicize, show movies about human lives played with in the most screwed up ways, where will we get our entertainment?

Blog #7

I'm not a fan of reality TV, a couple of years ago I was into a season of the Real World but since then I haven't found too much interest.  I watched an episode of the Jersey Shore because there was a marathon on and it never fails to be completely ridiculous.  I picked an episode from the most recent season where Mike smashes his head into the wall while in a fight with Ronnie.  I find it hilarious that he is 30 years old and spends his time picking fights and attempting to get laid.  Get a life.  The whole thrill of these shows is to showcase these attention starved people.

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