thedriveintheatre

So full of itself, it makes you want to puke.

The following was psoted on P Planet:

EJE: I actually stayed up until 4 yesterday just watching clips of it! I love the scenarios; WWYD if you encountered a teen boy abusing his girlfriend at the park, an interracial couple being harassed by racists, a store manager and security guard searching a customer based on racial profiling, a conman tricking Samaritans by pretending to be blind.

The most shocking scenarios were the girlfriend abusing her boyfriend at the park (Practically no one intervened, because they assumed that they were just having a tiff or that the man was capable of defending himself), and the Muslim woman being refused service at a convenience store (it was conducted in Texas, and the first few people even condoned the act and insulted the show host!).

But then you see wonderful people like the lady who pulled a battered woman from her abusive boyfriend at the restaurant, the man who told the teen boy to stop harrassing his girlfriend (“Of course it’s my business! I have a daughter that is her age!”), the young woman who bravely stood in front of the car of someone who stole another person’s gas at a station, and the old man who spoke up for the Muslim woman (“I have a son who served in Iraq, and we are not against her”).

It is very life-affirming and inspiring to see ordinary folks summon the courage to stand up against injustice and fight for the weak. I almost cried watching some of the clips, so touching!



TSS and pixarfan91: I’ve watched a few episodes. It’s kinda fun, but it feels a bit hedonistic to me when there’s people starving in third-world countries.

There’s also an online series called ‘Epic Meal Time’ which my brother loves, but which I have a disdain. I guess it shows our differences; he’s a gourmand and I’m a gourmet, which is kinda strange seeing as how he cooks more often than I do.

Self-indulgent shows like these simply encourage overeating and wasteful food consumption. If they placed a disclaimer that they finish all the food (which I seriously doubt) or that they donate uneaten portions to an NPO like OzHarvest, then maybe I’ll feel better. They are the modern-day equivalent of the Romans who have over-the-top feasts and regurgitate their food just so they can stuff themselves more.

Simply whipping up a huge-*ss meal filled with artificial flavours or saturated fat, and then shoveling it down in front of the camera just for the h*ll of it now only shows a lack of concern for sustainable practices, but utter disrespect for food and its nourishing function.