I
usually don’t pay attention to commercials…
But
when I see bloody meat sizzling in a pan…
For
the umpteenth time…
I sit
back to see what’s up…
Or
should I say what’s cooking?
Oh,
a new TV show?
Oh,
come on. Really?
It
was creepy enough watching Anthony Hopkin’s face…
As
he described eating some guy’s liver…
With
fava beans and a nice chianti…
But to
do that with facial expressions is great acting…
To
actually see the liver…
With
the blood oozing out when sliced into…
That’s
gratuitous.
And
then there’s another commercial…
For
another new TV show—The Following.
First
you see a nice guy with a family…
And
then you see the same guy…
But now
he’s a bad guy, torturing a woman.
Really?
Is
this what entertainment is coming down to?
OK,
I admit that I watch Criminal Minds…
But
sometimes I have to change the channel…
Because
I don’t want to see all the gore and horror…
Especially
because all episodes…
Are based
on true stories…
And
worse?
Every
episode had to be ratcheted down…
So
as not to shock the viewers.
It
seems to me that our entertainment…
Is
obsessed with horrific stories…
Which
makes me wonder…
Are
we becoming a society...
Of entertainment vampires and ghouls…
Waiting
for our daily fix of blood and gore?
What's your daily intake?
Always,
Em-Musing
