Sunday May 27, 2012

It's one of the only avenues they have for release, where they can actually let go and not be conservative anymore.

Kent Weed, executive producer of “I Survived a Japanese Game Show,” saying that the most consistent themes in Japanese game shows are humiliation and embarrassment — sometimes to the point of sadistic — which oddly enough can serve as stress relief for conservative Japanese. (AP)

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    Coligny

    I disagree... humiliation and embarrassment are extremely conservatives and traditional values in japanese society...

    But compare this to Jerry Springer... and you'd think it's National Geographic material...

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    cleo

    It's one of the only avenues

    It's one of the few avenues. or It's the only avenue.

    the most consistent themes in Japanese game shows are humiliation and embarrassment — sometimes to the point of sadistic

    Yup, only ever happens on Japanese TV.

    Ever watched Big Brother?

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