Just A Game?
I'm not sure how many times the word "Game" was used throughout the series but it must have been several hundred times. It's just a game. It's just a game. It's just a game - was used like some reality show mantra. But was it? On further review - 'the game' was anything but. In fact, it is a display of the worse of human nature. Deception, deceit, dishonesty, greed and selfishness. It's a game that someone 'wins' by employing the most ruthless of tactics. That its not a game and it that it is, in fact, a true test of personal character and how you want to represent yourself to the world.
It is the Christians and the Lions all over again. A spectacle of broken relationships, friendships and lives for the spectacle of us - the blood thirsty masses.
So as long as we as a country continue to endorse shows like this - shows that not only condone 'greed at any cost' - but shows that endorse the "Winner" rather than what the group has to offer as a whole (and all for the sake of money) - we will continue to promote self-centeredness, selfishness and the WORST of human character defects that are, in my opinion, anything but "Entertainment".
I'm not sure how many times the word "Game" was used throughout the series but it must have been several hundred times. It's just a game. It's just a game. It's just a game - was used like some reality show mantra. But was it? On further review - 'the game' was anything but. In fact, it is a display of the worse of human nature. Deception, deceit, dishonesty, greed and selfishness. It's a game that someone 'wins' by employing the most ruthless of tactics. That its not a game and it that it is, in fact, a true test of personal character and how you want to represent yourself to the world.
It is the Christians and the Lions all over again. A spectacle of broken relationships, friendships and lives for the spectacle of us - the blood thirsty masses.
So as long as we as a country continue to endorse shows like this - shows that not only condone 'greed at any cost' - but shows that endorse the "Winner" rather than what the group has to offer as a whole (and all for the sake of money) - we will continue to promote self-centeredness, selfishness and the WORST of human character defects that are, in my opinion, anything but "Entertainment".
