I thought "I Survived A Japanese Game Show" currently showing on Channel 5 was pretty trashy... Am surprised that it's actually an American reality tv show... well, cos there's like all these Japanese gameshow audience (all super on and into the mood) totally enjoying themselves and laughing their heads off at the silly games the (poor? I added a question mark 'cos well, after all, they are voluntarily throwing away their pride on TV for the $250,000 prize money) American contestants are put through... And I am not sure why I felt strange, but suspect cos it was pretty unusual to have such an atypical asians-get-to-ridicule-caucasians scenario...
I feel like the show is intentionally humiliating... In the episode I just watched, the elimination game (the loser will have to leave the show) was unflatteringly titled "You Look Funny Stuck On A Wall"... The two participants had to like wear velcro suits and with the help of some trampoline pad, jump to fit the human outlines on this "velcro-compatible" wall... Before the participants proceeded with their game, the Japanese host actually turned to the audience and speaks to them in Japanese "Applaud if you think the Americans look silly!!" I mean, seriously... that was kinda mean... though it was probably intended to be funny. Now... somehow one of the participants was just super talented and managed to fit into the human outlines quite perfectly each time... whereas her fellow participant was just pretty off... And so at the end when they announced the winner, the game host like leaves the loser stuck on the wall for an excrutiatingly embarrassing 30 seconds or so (cos they are wearing velcro suits, they unfortunately can't get themselves unattached from the wall without external help) and then goes oops, XXX, how are you feeling up there...?! Seriously, I almost felt like strangling him...
This show made me cringe... By the end of the show I decided that one episode's enough.... :P Be warned... But i suppose you can catch it if you want some cheap, brainless entertainment... I just hope for your sake that not every episode's this bad... :P
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But did you ever watch Takeshi's Castle? Personally I have always laughed till I got a stomach ache at the Japanese game shows that involve you doing very silly and undignified things. I always thought it was in the spirit of fun - certainly the contestants were very enthusiastic! OK, I haven't watched this adaptation, so I don't know how much of it was about making fun of the (American) contestants. But all I know is, I loved Takeshi's Castle. Hilarious, good clean fun.
Yeah I did... Esp when I was a kid! They dun show it anymore... Well, it was actually one of my fav game shows... And I was somehow always very thrilled with the last stage whereby contestants have to jump into mystery holes(and those who choose the wrong ones end up being terrified by the 'monsters' or something) That show certainly didn't make me uncomfy. Dunno lah, I just didn't like this one :P
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