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[turps]

British tv is getting worse. There's a show on now with a man playing russian roulette live. With a gun, real bullets. There's no need for that. I'm feeling sick each time he pulls the trigger.

He survived. I don't *ever* want to see something like that again.

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[turps33.livejournal.com]

Eek! And I thought American tv was bad!

It was horrible! It was based on the guy using psychology to know what chamber the volunteer would put the bullet in. But one mistake and he would have had his head blown off on live tv.

The show had to be broadcast on a ten second delay, but still...imagine what the poor volunteer would have felt like if the worst happened.

I just think entertainment pushes things too far at times.

[rhiannon-jehane.livejournal.com]

The show had to be broadcast on a ten second delay, but still...imagine what the poor volunteer would have felt like if the worst happened.

I can't even begin to imagine the psychological scarring anyone working in that studio would have after witnessing that.

I just think entertainment pushes things too far at times.

Oh absolutely. As a general rule, I don't like violence very much, but I can watch it if it's within the bounds of movie/tv storytelling. The fact that this man could have actually blown his head off on national television in a reality show context (instead of a "fake" movie/tv context) is deeply disturbing.