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British
television, home to the schlockiest of reality shows, is about to
set a new benchmark in tasteless TV.
The BBC is accepting applications from "fit young men" to
relive the experiences of World War I soldiers in the trenches of
the Western Front. Of course, the BBC isn't calling it a reality show
— they're claiming it's a "serious documentary series."
Right.
I think we all know that living in the trenches with lice, maggots,
foot rot, and general squalor was pretty dreadful. Do we really need
to see pampered 21st century boys experiencing it? Presumably they'll
be able to leave if it gets to be too much, and we assume no-one will
be firing live ammunition at them. So it's not a "recreation"
is it? It's a game of dress-up.
At a time when the remains of soldiers from "The War to End All
Wars" are still being found in the fields of Western Europe,
it seems remarkably insensitive of television to trivialize their
experience by turning it into some kind of game show.
What's next? A version of Big Brother set in a concentration
camp?? |
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Today
in history... |
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1862 - It
was on this day that the Rev. Charles Dodgson told Alice Liddell
and her sisters the story of Alice, who followed a white rabbit
down a hole and entered a magical land. Alice Liddell insisted
that he write it all down.
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