On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 12:18 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> At some point we need to start looking at the psychology of what >>> possesses people to participate in these shows, as well as the >>> harm/backlash for both participants and viewers. There used to be senate >>> hearings on music lyrics and videogame violence, but nobody seems to >>> question our "right" to be embarrassed, insulted, attacked, and injured... >>> for ratings. >>> >>> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/survivor-zeke-smi >>> th-outed-as-transgender-guest-column-991514 >>> >> >> In the 1990s there was a concern among sociologists and psychologists of >> the effects of having people air their private affairs on TV for >> entertainment. The venue then was daytime talk shows, which following >> Springer's success, were going through an expansion which meant always >> finding more outrageous guests to stand out. As the authorities stood by >> then they are not going to get involved now. >> > > I suppose that frenzy reached its tipping point with the murder of the > guest on the Jenny Jones show (and subsequent civil lawsuit). Not to sound > like the old man I am rapidly becoming, but in an age where anybody can > SnapChat or Instagram or YouTube themselves, we no longer need a Jerry > Springer to filter the crazy. Hell, we got the craziest reality TV star of > them all dropping bombs on Afghanistan... what could they possibly book on > a daytime talk show to compete with that? > The Jenny Jones incident provided a warning about the harm that could be done. The daytime talk show boom ended due to changes in the syndicated TV business and not as an act of conscience. You talked about the need for an authority to step in when people embarrass or humiliate themselves in the name of entertainment on TV and my response is that the time for that was 20 years ago. As they did nothing substantial then it is too late to expect it now. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
