Japanese Reality Shows
master_wong
Join Date: 2004-11-05 Member: 32649Members
Join Date: 2004-11-05 Member: 32649Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Cruel but hilarious</div>
<a href='http://www3.tky.3web.ne.jp/~edjacob/nasubi.html' target='_blank'>http://www3.tky.3web.ne.jp/~edjacob/nasubi.html</a>
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<a href='http://www3.tky.3web.ne.jp/~edjacob/nasubi.html' target='_blank'>http://www3.tky.3web.ne.jp/~edjacob/nasubi.html</a>
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<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I would have done nothing. Just sat there until I starved to death, that'd show em. No show worth airing and a neglegent homicide charge.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm surprised he didn't starve to death as it was. It is pretty incredible to think how the human body can survive such ordeals relatively intact.
The main thing I think was probably doing nothing, like just lying there all the time or something. Then again, you'd go mad first doing that.
Huh? Sue? Police? Laws? Wait...what?
*goes to bed*
Of course the real reason is that programs involving human suffering are extremely popular in Japan. The gambaru genre, started in the 1980's with the immensely popular show Za Gaman, a show in which university students competed in contests to see who could stand the most pain, eat the most unpleasant foods, and perform the most humiliating tasks. Denpa Shonen is a logical continuation of this trend, and the stunts are becoming more and more dangerous/appalling.
Someday a Japanese comedian is going to die in a horrible accident and this sort of program will be immediately pulled from the airwaves. People are travelling through dangerous countries, fighting bulls without any training, scaring the life out of innocent victims and playing incredibly cruel practical jokes. It's inevitable that a tragic accident will happen. There will be condemnations and recriminations, and people will say that they never liked them, knew they were dangerous, and definitely never watched them. But almost everybody is watching them because they are fascinating.
First of all, they are hilarious. Even people who hate the idea of them usually can't help laughing if they watch them. You also sympathise with the comedians and feel sorry for them because they seem to be victims of the evil TV producers or their circumstances, but never think about how you, the viewer who is increasing the show's ratings are actually responsible. The shows are funny, and in a strange way, educational too. A lot of people learned about what humans are and are not capable of by watching Nasubi. People like to be shocked, they get addicted by the suspense, and they love rooting for the suffering individual when they get close to achieving their goal.
If you want to see Nasubi for yourself, go to your local video store (in Japan) and it will be in the comedy section. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There's a reason 'Survivor' sucks, and it's not because it's funny.
The summary of that show is rather interesting though, since it's strange what one person could win with contests alone, but it's not funny. I'll have to say, it's better than canned American-type 'reality' shows, where people need to do stupid, unrealistic tasks to get food/prizes (example: swim out to that buoy and back, and you and your team get to have a 5 course dinner).
It's also interesting that someone would put up with being stuffed into a room, especially if their only food was forgotten when they moved. Then you just bust through a wall <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> . Of they could have just asked if anyone wanted to try out in the experiment, I'm sure they'd get plenty of volunteers.
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I wonder if that guy gets any money from the ramen commerical hes in and the book of his diary.
I don't really feel bad about it. He <i>did</i> agree to do it, after all. (He did it AGAIN after the first time AND I'm pretty sure that he'd have to sign a contract anyway.)