It's been a while since a show has made me this sad for humanity. Last week, I somehow caught an episode of the new game show Downfall. It truly is an American show. Basically they throw stuff off the top of a building while a contestant tries to answer questions as quickly as possible. What they are throwing off the building are the prizes they could win so it's not little things. It's dining room tables, golf clubs, stereos, and even cars. Sometimes if you press the panic button, you can have a friend thrown off the building (not intentionally and of course the person is tethered for safety). Now according to the website, they use replicas of these prizes which makes it a little bit better but not much.
The whole concept is really ... arrogant. The whole idea of throwing larges items off a building for no good reason. Especially considering the whole economic recession that we all just went through. Even Japanese game shows, as bizarre as they are, are more about embarrassing the contestants than wanton destruction. Just seems all so unnecessary and screaming of American capitalism. I know it's hard to come up with good game shows but this is just taking it too far.
I really hope it doesn't take off.
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